TRIBUNE – At a time when our existences are woven as much in the real as in the virtual, States must equip themselves with tools to regulate the flows, analyses the writer*. But this must not be done to the detriment of individual freedoms.
*Latest novel published : “The Tears of Narcissus” (Gallimard, 2024).
Are the one-on-one meetings between tech titans and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace about to become rarer? Given the conditions of stay offered to Pavel Durov, the founder and director of the Telegram messaging service, everything suggests that they will not soon be enjoying the gold of the Republic again. The arrest of the Franco-Russian business leader on August 24 on the tarmac of Le Bourget airport, as well as the suspension by the Brazilian Supreme Court of the social network X, headed by Elon Musk, revive the thorny question of the responsibility of the directors of digital platforms.
To what extent are the bosses of Facebook, Instagram, X, Snapchat, LinkedIn, TikTok, and their competitors responsible for what happens on their networks? In other words, should these platforms be regulated like newspapers, and their leaders be given publisher status? If Telegram…
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