‘Pure bullshit’: Macron slams tech giants’ claim they are defending free speech

(Océane Herrero – Politico) Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday blasted social media platforms and the tech executives who run them in a fiery dismissal of their claims to be defending free speech. The French president used a discussion on university partnerships between India and France to flay nontransparent platforms and artificial intelligence systems. “Some of them claim to be in favor of free speech. We are in favor of free algorithms, totally transparent,” Macron said during his remarks in India. “Free speech is pure bullshit if nobody knows how you are guided through this.” – ‘Pure bullshit’: Macron slams tech giants’ claim they are defending free speech – POLITICO