Macron says ‘social media is damaging our democracies’

Emmanuel Macron said on Monday in Marseille that social media was “damaging our democracies” as France struggled to contain weeks of protests marked by street violence and looting. He said the platforms were used during unrest on October 17 to bring young and older people to places where criminal acts, attacks and looting were taking place. He described social media as “tools for mobilising the worst impulses”.