Monitoring and Eliminating Violent Content: Snapchat's Response to Macron's Statements
After remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron, Snapchat officials said the app monitors content in France and removes clips that incite violence.Snapchat officials added that they do not tolerate content that incites hatred or violence in France.The young people protesting the killing of the boy, Nael, are constantly communicating with each other via their mobile phones through different applications, especially Snapchat, and are distributed in different parts of French cities.Social media circulates scenes of what these young people are doing, of which Macron said: “Some of them apply on the street what they live in the video games that have poisoned them”.The French president pointed the finger of accusation, in particular, against the Snapchat and TikTok platforms, where “violent demonstrations” are organised, considering that these two platforms “also cause a form of simulation of violence, which leads among the youngest to a way of getting out of reality”.His killing inflamed the popular neighborhoodsThe funeral of the young man, Nael Al-Marzouki, was held on Saturday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after his killing inflamed working-class neighborhoods and drew attention to France. Acquaintances have described him as a “quiet kid,” but his short life hasn’t been without run-ins with law enforcement
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