French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned Monday that “a digital public order” was wanted following widespread riots in late June sparked by the police killing of an adolescent.
“We must protect our children and our teenagers from screens…and remove content that calls for violence. We need a digital public order to prevent these outbursts,” Macron instructed broadcasters TF1 and France 2 in a joint interview throughout his go to to New Caledonia.
He recalled that protesters used social media to prepare meetups and riots, including “our country needs a return to authority at every level, starting with the family.”
The president underscored that the causes of younger peoples’ actions throughout the riots stemmed from their social backgrounds, together with their households and financial conditions.
“It is not up to national education, even less to the police to solve the problem. We need to go to the roots and make families aware of their responsibilities,” he added.
The president additionally thanked Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and native authorities for his or her efforts to revive public order after 4 days of riots in late June.
“The interior minister does a remarkable job, and during the riots, we have seen his effectiveness at the head of his ministry,” Macron mentioned.
RIOTS IN FRANCE
Protests erupted in France late final month when a police officer fatally shot and killed Nahel M., a 17-year-old of Algerian descent, throughout a visitors verify within the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The incident reportedly occurred after he ignored orders to cease.
Following Nahel’s killing, hundreds of individuals took to the streets in France.
During the protests held in lots of cities, together with Paris, Marseille and Lyon, there have been incidents of pillaging and looting.
Macron pointed to attainable intervention in social media if such incidents occurred sooner or later, which was extensively criticized by the opposition events.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
