[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-france-reportedly-asked-isps-to-prep-social-media-dns-blocks":10,"sections":54},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":42,"persona_id":42,"persona_name":42,"section":43,"tags":44,"sources":49,"feedback":53,"feedback_at":42,"cost_usd":53,"total_tokens":53},12350,"france-reportedly-asked-isps-to-prep-social-media-dns-blocks","France Reportedly Asked ISPs to Prep Social Media DNS Blocks","Blast reports that France readied a temporary social media cutoff for October 24 using ISP-level DNS blocks, a claim that remains unconfirmed.","French outlet Blast reported that the prime minister prepared a cutoff of major social networks for October 24, and that internet providers were asked to get ready for temporary DNS blocks on the platforms involved. It is an unconfirmed exclusive, and Blast's account concerns preparation, not a block that took effect.\n\nDNS, the Domain Name System, is the internet's phone book: it turns a name like a social network's address into the numeric address a device connects to. A DNS block tells an ISP's servers to stop answering that lookup, so the site appears to vanish for that provider's customers.\n\nIt is also the lightest tool a government can pick. Anyone who switches to a third-party DNS resolver or uses a VPN can usually get around it in minutes. The platforms' servers stay online, and so does any app that connects by numeric address. A DNS block signals intent more than it guarantees a blackout, and it is cheap to set up and cheap to lift. That fits the word \"temporary\" in the claim.\n\nThe approach also differs from the cruder shutdowns seen elsewhere. Turkey has throttled social platforms during crises, and Russia has blocked them outright. Those methods work deeper in the network and are harder to dodge. A DNS-level plan would look closer to a trial run than a full cutoff.\n\nThe open questions are what prompted the plan for October 24, which platforms were on the list, and what legal authority the government would have invoked. Blast's reporting, as presented, does not settle any of them.","[\"france\",\"dns\",\"censorship\",\"social-media\"]","2026-10-25T09:56:49.000Z","2026-10-25T11:07:46.893Z","2026-11-08T00:03:46.018Z","published","The 'headline and URL' lines are gone and Blast is now named, but the closing line 'Blast's reporting, as presented, does not settle any of them' still hints at a partial read, and the open-questions ending rests on details the draft evidently doesn't have, so cut 'as presented' and the 'what we don't know' framing, state only what Blast is claimed to have reported (including the year), and end on a genuine sentence of analysis or context.",[24,30,34,39],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the passages that admit a thin source (\"The source material is thin. It gives the claim and the date, but not...\"), and instead name the outlet (Blast) and state plainly what it reported and what is unconfirmed, without describing what the writer did or didn't have; also specify the year for October 24, and either source or cut the unsupported legal-basis, 'governments that usually draw its criticism' and Macron\u002FNew Caledonia context, so every claim is attributable.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Cut or source the claim that Blast published the story 'on October 25, 2026', since nothing in the source gives a publication date (the URL only shows 2026 and the 24 October target), and stop describing what 'Blast's account leaves open' as though the full article had been read; stick to what the headline and URL support, namely that the prime minister prepared a social media cutoff for 24 October and that ISPs were asked to ready temporary DNS blocks for major platforms.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":38},"editor-r3",3,"The unsourced October 25 publication date and the 'Blast's account leaves open' framing are gone, but the line 'That is the extent of what the headline and URL establish' (and the later 'on paper') reveals the piece was written from a headline and URL alone, so cut all references to what the writer reviewed, name Blast outright as the outlet making the claim (noting it is unconfirmed and the government has not responded, only if you can support that), and keep the 2023 Macron context only if you","open",{"id":40,"reviewer":26,"round":41,"reason":22,"status":38},"editor-r4",4,null,"policy",[45,46,47,48],"france","dns","censorship","social-media",[50],{"name":51,"url":52},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.blast-info.fr\u002Farticles\u002F2026\u002Finformation-exclusive-blast-le-premier-ministre-a-prepare-la-coupure-des-reseaux-sociaux-pour-le-24-octobre-9D8cgrU5S5iiW14Sb9nMzQ",0,{"sections":55},[56,61,66,71,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110,115,120],{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"AI","ai",7110,"2026-11-08T14:34:09.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Security","security",1099,"2026-11-08T15:24:01.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Deals","deals",620,"2026-11-08T08:00:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":43,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Policy",604,"2026-11-07T15:48:26.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",336,"2026-11-08T21:00:00.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Hardware","hardware",316,"2026-11-08T14:36:39.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Science","science",222,"2026-11-07T16:19:17.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Software","software",154,"2026-11-08T15:42:52.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Startups","startups",150,"2026-11-06T16:50:01.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",125,"2026-11-06T22:15:59.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"General","general",111,"2026-11-08T21:27:29.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"Gaming","gaming",94,"2026-11-08T20:52:05.000Z",{"name":116,"slug":117,"count":118,"latest_published_at":119},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":121,"slug":122,"count":123,"latest_published_at":124},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]