A prominent aspect of the French protests is the salience of social media as a way for protesters to grow and learn from each other. French politicians have laid some of the blame for the violence on social media platforms such as TikTok, which has come in for particular scrutiny.
In an unprecedented assault of civil liberties in France, Lawmakers have agreed that the country's police forces need to be allowed to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices.
The death of French teenager Nahel M, killed by a police officer during a traffic stop a week ago, has reignited the anger of young people and brought deeper problems over racism and alleged police brutality in France back to the surface.
programme. i m sally bundock. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, you are in time for the top business stories. france is on edge, as you know, because as you have been hearing, it has had many, many days of riots, which has been a real problem for president macron, who will be meeting the mayors of 220 municipal areas today that have been affected by the recent violence. riots in france appear to be calming, after five days of violent protests in response to the shooting and the killing of a teenager, nahel m, during a police traffic stop. there are concerns that the spate of violence will have a long term effect on the tourism sectorjust as the summer season begins. french media outlet le point quoted a tourism official as estimating that up to 25% of hotel bookings in paris had already been cancelled.
will pile up and delay the decommissioning process but they go ahead with the plan a risk a lot of anxiety notjust here injapan, but around the region. here in japan, but around the reuion. . , u, region. certainly, we can understand region. certainly, we can understand why. - to france where president emmanuel macron will later meet more than 200 mayors of areas affected by days of unrest which followed the police shooting of a teenager. it comes amid controversy surrounding a fundraiser for the policeman who shot dead a teenager last week, sparking nationwide unrest. politicians from the centre and left of the political spectrum have condemned the initiative of a far right media commentator as shameful and scandalous. so far, more than 1 million euros has been raised for the police officer via the gofundme platform. a separate appealfor the family of the teenager, nahel m who was killed, has raised significantly less, with donations currently