Twitter had applied controversial mentions of "state-affiliated media" and "government-funded media" to the accounts of major media outlets, before removing them on Friday. This Saturday, the president of the French group of public channels France Televisions, Delphine Ernotte, strongly criticized the owner Elon Musk.

"To see an American billionaire trying to play with our independence and define our public space in this way is frightening," she said. Since Musk's acquisition of Twitter in October, many controversies have erupted about how he manages this platform.