Overview
- On Oct. 28, Macron gathered about 200 experts at the Élysée and tasked them with delivering proposals by the end of 2025 to counter online threats to democracy and elections.
- He called for a “resistance” effort, including a small action platform to build a common project that goes beyond legislative and regulatory measures.
- At the Paris Peace Forum on Oct. 29, he said France will press for a “much more powerful” European agenda to regulate platforms and protect democratic information ecosystems.
- He argued that ad-driven engagement algorithms elevate negative emotions, criticized the environment on X, and alleged that Russians are major buyers of fake accounts to destabilize European democracies.
- Participants proposed public‑interest platforms, transparent or supervisory counter‑algorithms, and pre‑election reserve periods, while France’s 2023 online‑hate law remains unenforced due to EU‑law conformity issues.