France holds emergency meetings on protest content and resale of looted goods

WIRED reports French officials met social media firms on October 20 amid unrest and held a separate meeting with resale platforms on October 19. Citing BFM, WIRED says officials sought moderation of violent content and material encouraging curfew breaches, including livestreams. Minister Serge Papin said resale platforms agreed to monitor listings for goods stolen during the protests, forward reports to investigators and send the government a first report within 48 hours.