Macron Plans to Fight Fake News With This Law

A new law aimed at shielding elections goes to parliament
Shows there’s no easy fix to stop spread of false information

Macron and Putin in Versailles on May 29 2017. — Macron and Putin in Versailles on May 29 2017.Photographer: Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images

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By Helene Fouquet and Marie Mawad

June 6, 2018 at 3:05 AM UTC

Updated on

June 6, 2018 at 10:16 AM UTC

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Emmanuel Macron promised to fight fake news, and plans to do it this week -- with a law.

Trouble is, Macron may soon learn, like a lot of other world leaders, that putting the fake-news genie back into the bottle is far from easy to do.