The French president said that young people have been “intoxicated” by virtual violence French President Emmanuel Macron has argued that social media platforms and video games helped to fuel riots across the country, amid a major bout of unrest over the death of a 17-year-old at the hands of law enforcement.

Several rifles were reportedly stolen from a weapons shop on the fourth consecutive night of the unrest across France Marseille saw some of the worst violence on Friday, as rioters looted a gun shop near the Old Port district, according to French media. Paris has deployed 45,000 police, armored vehicles, and helicopters to quell the…

The crackdown takes place a week after the failed rebellion of the private military company Russia has blocked access to several news websites linked to businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, whose private military company, Wagner Group, was involved in a short-lived mutiny last week.