evidence: The mayor of Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris, Mathieu Hanotin, has called for businesses to close from 10pm to 5am from tonight until Wednesday "in view of the current context". [...] The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, as well as the minister of digital affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, are due to meet representatives of social media firms at 6.30pm local time (5.30pm BST) to warn them about their responsibilities amid the rioting, le Monde quotes the prime minister’s office as saying. Earlier on Friday, President Emmanuel Macron claimed social media was fuelling copycat violence, and said state agencies would ask companies to remove the most "sensitive content".