evidence: In July 2023, claims began to spread on social media platforms that France had restricted "all internet access" across the country. The claim began to spread as people across the country protested the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old in a suburb of Paris. [...] #ViolencesUrbaines | Attention aux #FakeNews ?Un communiqué de presse de la @PoliceNationale annoncerait des restrictions temporaires à l'accès internet dans certains quartiers. [...] #UrbanViolence | Beware of #FakeNews ? A "press release" from the French national police force @PoliceNationale has claimed that temporary restrictions have been imposed on Internet access in certain neighbourhoods.