{"id":181114,"date":"2026-10-22T05:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=181114"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:43:26","slug":"macron-skyller-pa-ai-efter-kravallerna-fornekar-migrantinvasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/macron-blames-ai-for-the-riots-denies-migrant-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron Blames AI for the Riots \u2014 Denies Migrant Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>France is being rocked by violent far-left immigrant riots involving fires and looting. But President Emmanuel Macron is focusing attention on AI-generated images and foreign disinformation campaigns, while denying that the country has been invaded by migrants and Islamists.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the violent riots in France over the weekend, President Emmanuel Macron commented on the unrest in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lejdd.fr\/politique\/emeutes-emmanuel-macron-semporte-contre-une-manipulation-etrangere-de-linformation-186633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a><\/strong> in Doha on Wednesday. There, he lashed out at foreign leaders, including <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, for their descriptions of the violence and the situation in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>There has been foreign manipulation of the information, which has led to unacceptable and foolish comments, including from foreign leaders<\/em>, ,\" Macron said. He also claimed that AI-generated images depicting scenes that never took place in France had been circulated, and dismissed claims that the country had been invaded by migrants and Islamists as completely false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Emmanuel Macron: \u00abThere has been foreign manipulation of information, which has led to unacceptable and foolish comments, particularly from foreign leaders.\u00bb<br><br>You can find all the information at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NVs1Rf6rXd\">https:\/\/t.co\/NVs1Rf6rXd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67Zt46h7m1\">pic.twitter.com\/67Zt46h7m1<\/a><\/p>\u2014 CNEWS (@CNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CNEWS\/status\/2112844569779773600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president, however, did not specify which particular images he considered to be fabricated. The statement has therefore become a new point of contention in the wake of the riots, with critics accusing him of shifting the focus to disinformation rather than taking responsibility for the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Le Pen rages: \u201dHe\u2019s denying reality\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marine Le Pen<\/strong> reacts strongly to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLP_officiel\/status\/2112997739734983142\">X<\/a><\/strong> and accuses the president of trying to shirk his responsibilities. She writes that France is on the brink of both civil war and economic collapse after nearly ten years with Macron in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThe president\u2019s conspiracy-theory-based statements are serious. He is denying reality and trying to shirk his responsibility for the situation in our country.\u201d<\/em>, \", she writes, <em>\u201dThe images we saw on Saturday were not generated by artificial intelligence: they show the sad reality of what France has become after ten years of Macron\u2019s rule.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">The President of the Republic\u2019s conspiracy theories are serious. He denies reality and is trying to shirk his responsibilities regarding our country\u2019s situation.<br><br>If France is today on the brink of civil war, if our country is today on the brink of default, it is because\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YppQO0tJYQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/YppQO0tJYQ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLP_officiel\/status\/2112997739734983142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mass immigration is clearly singled out<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the nationalist politician <strong>Marion Mar\u00e9chal<\/strong> (Marine Le Pen's niece) launches a fierce attack on Macron in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarionMarechal\/status\/2112890568934146448\">X<\/a><\/strong>. She points out that the real foreign influence on France is demographic in nature and stems from the mass immigration that has affected the country. She accuses Macron and former government officials of having contributed, through large-scale immigration, to the situation the country now finds itself in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dIt\u2019s time to take responsibility for your decisions and the consequences of your choices, Mr. President.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">While thousands of videos have exposed the chaos of the riots to the entire world, our president, who has fled to Bahrain, shamelessly tells us that they were caused by AI and foreign interference.<br><br>There is, in fact, foreign interference, except\u2026<\/p>\u2014 Marion Mar\u00e9chal (@MarionMarechal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarionMarechal\/status\/2112890568934146448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macron blames AI-generated images for the riots and denies there is a migrant invasion. Now Marine Le Pen is furious and accuses the president of escaping reality<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":181118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,1520,205],"tags":[180,193,179],"class_list":["post-181114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utrikes","category-stor","category-nyheter","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-frankrike","tag-marine-le-pen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}