Facebook rules

500 million « friends » can’t be wrong, or can they ? As the film The Social Network tops the box office in France and the U.S., how high will Facebook go? Is it now so powerful to the point of becoming all-consuming?

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Aude BARON, Journalist, Lepost.fr, Web specialist
Waddick DOYLE, Professor and Chair of Global Communication Department, American University of Paris
Christine BALAGUÉ, Co-author of Facebook, Twitter et les autres (2010)
Lorena GALLIOT, Internet Desk, France 24

Program prepared by Perrine Desplats and Yi Song.

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Presenter

François Picard

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

15/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

I spy, you spy

And you thought the Cold War was over. Beyond cloak-and-dagger tales of blonde wigs and bags of money, the expulsion of an alleged US spy highlights the continued and unabated mistrust between Moscow and Washington.

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14/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)

A case of poorly-anticipated hooliganism, or were Monday's Right Bank riots symptomatic of a deeper-rooted problem in France that goes well beyond football? François Picard's panel looks at how Paris Saint-Germain's past could haunt its new Qatari owners.