evidence: Amid this unrest, a press release purportedly issued by the French Ministry of the Interior and the overseas is doing round on social media, claiming a partial ban on the internet in the country. The press release mentioned that the restriction on the internet was imposed to curb the misuse of social media and online platform to coordinate illegal actions and incite violence. [...] Another user wrote, "France is planning a shutdown of the nation's internet in an attempt to stop the world from seeing what invaders are doing to the nation." [...] "#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. This document is FALSE: no such decision has been taken," read the Twitter post.