Election laws in France include a 48-hour “silence républicain” period in which candidates and news outlets are not allowed to publish anything or have rallies, media appearances or anything at all before an election. According to The National Review, this past election, an email account was hacked and information was leaked in that 48-hour “silence republicain” period before the presidential election. Due to this leak, the French president, Macron proposed a bill to create efforts in eliminating fake news when they are published. One of his proposals is to requite Judges only 48-hours to decide if the news can be considered to be fake and taken down. Judges, however argue that 48-hours is not enough time to determine this. People of the public argue that this proposal goes against the idea of free press. Even though the proposals have major flaws in them, “Americans should appraise them so we can better understand the range of options that exist and identify those that threaten freedom.”
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