By Athena Papakosta

He is accused of authoritarianism Emmanuel Macron after examining even her banning access to Social Media as a means of preventing a resurgence of a new cycle of violent incidents in France.

Officials of the Elysées and ministers of the government yesterday, Wednesday, tried to “collect” the reactions by emphasizing that the president of France did not threaten with a general blackout, but with a temporary suspension of the Social Media.

The idea to ban access to social media came after a number of French government officials accused young people of using the platforms to organize riots.

“If things get out of hand, it may be necessary (…) to regulate or block Social Media. This must not be done in the heat of the moment,” French President Macron said to the mayors of 241 cities that were devastated last week during the violent incidents following the death of a 17-year-old by police fire.

Critics respond that such measures bring France to the same fate as Russia, China, Iran and even North Korea. At the same time, analysts remind that the Macron government already targeted the parents of the minor protesters and now he continues to look for the causes of social unrest in the wrong places.

“It’s a distraction,” she emphasizes, speaking to the French television network BFMTV, co-founder of a collective of parents who live in working-class neighborhoods, noting: “instead of talking about the issue of police brutality, the discussion is oriented towards the responsibility of parents and Social Media.”

Government spokesman Olivier Verand, speaking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon, said a cross-party committee would be set up to consider amending the cybersecurity law already being debated in the French parliament. At the same time, the French government has already asked platforms to remove material that could encourage violence and remove the privacy of those who may be breaking the law.

At this moment, another dead person is added to the black list of France, which is still counting its wounds.

He is a 27-year-old man who was reportedly hit by a flash-ball projectile last Saturday night during the events in Marseille. The city’s prosecutor’s office has already opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of his death, with authorities looking into whether he may have died of cardiac arrest following the violent shock to the chest from the projectile.

According to the European Commissioner of Justice, Didier Raidersviolence by police forces and protesters in France is a matter of caution as, as he explained to a Belgian radio station, in recent years the country has experienced serious protests whether they were about the cost of living, Macron’s pension reform or, now, in the death of a citizen by police fire.

According to the latest figures from France’s interior ministry, at least 3,486 people have been arrested in eight days. 12,202 vehicles and 1,105 buildings have been set on fire. 209 police stations have been attacked and 374 people tried by self-immolation since last Friday.

With information from The Guardian