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French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protests

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TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.

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Both outlets frame the story as a large wave of protests over cost of living pressures and public services, with Democracy Now! adding education cuts and large arrest numbers in its headline. The Independent stays closer to the government response angle and, in its extract, only says people protested over declining public services and rising cost-of-living pressures. Democracy Now! is the only outlet here that foregrounds the scale of the demonstrations and the reported crackdown.

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