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May 28, 2024 at 10:39 PM. PARIS (Reuters) - France has decided to lift the ban it had imposed on TikTok on its overseas territory of New Caledonia, said a regional authority for the area on...
TikTok was also banned in New Caledonia. On 18 May, French interior minister Gérald Darmanin announced the launch of a major operation aimed at taking total control of the 60 km main road between Nouméa and La Tontouta International Airport. More than 600 gendarmes, including a hundred GIGN operatives were set to take part in the operation.
Social media app TikTok has now been blocked in the territory. New Caledonia has held three referendums on independence. The first two showed slim majorities for remaining part of France.
French authorities in New Caledonia and at the interior ministry in Paris said that five people, including two police officers, have been killed since Monday. At least 60 members of the security forces were injured, and 214 people were arrested over clashes with police, arson and looting on Thursday.
May 29, 2024 at 3:45 AM. NICE, France (AP) — The French prosecutor in New Caledonia said authorities have opened an investigation into unrest that has left seven people dead and significant ...
NICE, France (AP) — The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia on Saturday called on supporters to “remain mobilized” across the French Pacific archipelago and “maintain resistance” against the Paris government's efforts to impose electoral reforms that the Indigenous Kanak people fear would further marginalize them.
In 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron accused TikTok of censoring content and promoting online addiction among young people. [62] In March 2023, France banned all "recreational applications", including TikTok and other apps such as Twitter, Instagram, and Netflix, or games such as Candy Crush on government employees' phones due to concerns ...
Set in the warm waters of the southwest Pacific, some 1,500 km (930 miles) east of Australia, New Caledonia is home to 270,000 people, including 41% Melanesian Kanaks and 24% of European origin ...
In 2021, TikTok apologized and vowed to do better after an app called for black creators to be treated more fairly amid accusations of censorship and content suppression was suspended. TikTok has since apologized for racism but many Black creators say little has changed.
President Emmanuel Macron pushed Thursday for a lifting of protesters' barricades in riot-hit New Caledonia and pledged that reinforced police forces battling deadly unrest on the French...