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Can France Save Its People From The Internet?

Porn, influencers, hackers. It's a mad, mad, mad online world.

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Chris O'Brien
Feb 14, 2023
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The internet can be a glorious wonderland of cat videos and Wikipedia and free shipping from Amazon. But the French government is also trying to remind its citizens that going online can be a voyage into humanity’s Digital Heart Of Darkness.

And so, the government has announced aggressive actions to protect its citizens from cyberspace’s most pernicious elements: Porn, Hackers, and perhaps worst of all, Influencers!

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