Eric Zemmour, columnist on the
CNews
television channel
and columnist for
Le Figaro
, said Thursday on Twitter that his official account had been banned from Instagram, denouncing “
censorship
”.
“This morning, Eric Zemmour had the bad surprise, while trying to connect on Instagram, to see that his account had become 'unavailable'.
He had not received any warning, report, or request to delete one or more of his posts from the social network, ”
says
Figaro
Samuel Lafont, director of digital communication in mobilizing support for Eric Zemmour.
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Following the classic Instagram procedure, Eric Zemmour then filled out a complaint form with the social network.
"
We are now awaiting news,"
continues Samuel Lafont.
We believe that there is no specific content on the account that violates Instagram policy
”.
Launched in early April, the columnist's Instagram account has nearly 47,000 subscribers.
For its part, the Facebook subsidiary explains to
Le Figaro
that
"its teams are currently studying Eric Zemmour's account to understand what happened".
Eric Zemmour denounces "
an arbitrary decision
"
Thursday, Eric Zemmour rebelled in a post on Twitter:
“This morning, Instagram took the arbitrary decision to ban my official account. The Gafam (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, editor's note) are engaged in a fierce struggle against the peoples who do not want to die ”
.
Even if he has never openly declared himself a candidate for the presidential election, the columnist has the support of the association "
Les Amis d'Eric Zemmour
" which obtained its approval at the beginning of July from the National Accounts Commission. campaign and political funding to fund a political party of the same name. In the wake of Eric Zemmour's tweet, a petition was launched by the association to support him "
against censorship and the government of judges
". And the #STOPCensure hashtag has been posted at the top of the trends on Twitter. "
They can censor me, but they cannot silence a whole people #STOPCensure
", concludes the polemicist on Twitter.
On Instagram, several accounts relaying Eric Zemmour's comments were available Thursday, including one referring to a support site for the presidential election managed by the association "
Zemmour Committees
". "
When the censorship of social networks muzzles the opposition, it is our democracy which is in danger
", reacted on twitter the president of RN Marine Le Pen by asking the government "
to react to the deletions of the accounts of patriotic personalities of from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
”.
