France's Prime Minister Asked Telcos to Be Ready to Cut Off TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and X
France asked ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms
Two days before a planned October 24 protest, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asked Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom to prepare to block access to TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and X. Blast published the letter and the minutes of the follow-up meeting, where operators raised doubts. The government used the same measure in New Caledonia in 2024 before the Conseil d'État struck it down.
The government had already used this freedom-restricting measure in New Caledonia in 2024, before being disavowed by the Conseil d'État.