https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/macron-blasts-social-media-s-free-speech-defense-as-bullshit
From Bloomberg News reporter Ania Nussbaum:
French President Emmanuel Macron said the free speech defense of social media platforms is “pure bullshit,” pushing back against a key foreign policy goal of President Donald Trump.
European nations including the UK and Germany are weighing social media bans for minors, with regulators saying the services are harmful and addictive. That could have an impact on critical advertising dollars for companies including Instagram and Facebook, Snap, Elon Musk’s X, TikTok and Google’s YouTube.
Macron said. "Free speech is pure bullshit if nobody knows how you are guided to this so-called free speech, especially when it is guided from one hate speech to another."