Patrick Chaize News Today

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EU Commissioner Thierry Breton backed up French President Macrons debate on social media block amid riots with new Digital Service Act. Here, whats at stake.

French President Emmanuel Macron has suggested the possibility of shutting down the internet and cutting off access to social media platforms like Snapchat and TikTok to limit protests in France. During a gathering at Elysée Palace, Macron stated that these social media platforms could influence the youth and alter the way they perceive reality. Macron’s remarks came on the […]

The French president accused social media platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok and Telegram of fueling recent riots over the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

The French Senate has just adopted a bill that aims to eliminate home fiber installation malfunctions that poison the daily life of many French people.

The French state should be responsible for connecting homes to the fibre optic network, not private companies, says senator Patrick Chaize

The French telecoms regulator wants to add information about data centres and consumer devices to its sustainability audit for the digital sector.

VISIONARY No. 5 Patrick Chaize co-drafted the Continent’s first bill to tackle the tech sector’s environmental impact. Quietly adopted by senators in January, the text made massive waves when it hit the French lower house in the spring. Chaize first became a senator in 2014. He’s a member of conservative party Les Républicains, which holds the majority in the Senate, and is identified as an expert on tech and telecoms issues in the upper house. A critic of the country’s leading telecom...