Macron Slams Big Tech's Free Speech Defense as 'Pure Bulls**t'

• French President Emmanuel Macron criticized major social media platforms' free speech defense, calling it 'pure bullshit'.
• Macron questioned the transparency of social media algorithms and their democratic impact during his speech in New Delhi.
• He argued that free speech claims are hollow without algorithmic transparency, especially when algorithms guide users from one hate speech to another.
• European countries are considering restrictions on social media for minors due to concerns about addiction and harm, potentially impacting advertising revenues for platforms like Meta, Snap, X, TikTok, and YouTube.
• The US has criticized these proposed restrictions as censorship, with the Trump administration opposing what it calls the 'global censorship-industrial complex'.