evidence: 2:46pm: Macron says social media platforms should help tame violence amid riots "Social media platforms play a significant role in the events of the past few days", Macron said in televised remarks from a government emergency meeting. [...] The early shutdown was "for the safety of our workers and passengers", IDFM said following attacks on transport and public infrastructure during the violence. [...] The "rioting has escalated", FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Angela Diffley said, following the third night of violent protests in France over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M.