Le gouvernement veut des voitures électriques à moins de 150 € par mois. Les constructeurs, eux, ont quelques objections. Le vaudeville joué par le gouvernement contre les constructeurs français a été au cœur de l'édito Watt Else du 1er octobre 2026.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A growing number of people think social media manipulates and divides people and harms democracy, Pew Research Center said on Thursday, echoing rising concern and tighter scrutiny across the world. Companies running popular social platforms, including Meta, Snap, and TikTok, have faced thousands of lawsuits and paid large sums to settle claims that they harmed users. Governments, meanwhile, have sought foolproof ways to protect their citizens' privacy. Australia has proposed rules to let users opt out of algorithmically recommended feeds, after becoming the first country to ban social media for children under 16. Pew's latest survey showed that 82% of Australian adults support the government's move to restrict social media access for children. A majority of respondents said social media informs people and gives them a voice in politics, but there was a broad rise in those who now see social media as a "bad thing" compared to 2022, according to the report. People in wealthier countries, including the US, Canada and UK, are more inclined to believe that social media is harming democracy, versus their counterparts in economies with lower gross domestic product per capita -- such as Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. The US is among the most skeptical, with 64% of adult respondents saying social media harms democracy. The share of people who consider social media bad for democracy increased in 16 of 26 countries where older data was available. Pew Research said it surveyed more than 45,000 people in 37 countries, while polling an additional 5,511 US adults on American social media use.

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La candidate des Écologistes à la présidentielle, qui allaite son nourrisson, né le 18 septembre, réclame également la «possibilité d’un congé d’allaitement choisi et indemnisé».

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VÉRIFICATION - La région Île-de-France chiffre jusqu’à présent à près d’un million d’euros les dégâts du mouvement lycéen. Valérie Pécresse veut en facturer une partie à la mairie de Saint-Denis. Que prévoient les textes ?

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds. Reddit says RSS has now become a "common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse," which is why it's made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform. "We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we're grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit," the company noted in its announcement, where it also shared a March 2027 shutdown date for its public API. Reddit said RSS support will cease on November 13. [...] The RSS change was one of several updates issued on Wednesday by the company. Another big change will be the end of its public API. Public API access will also end by March 2027, which will impact any tools that used it for programmatic access to Reddit conversations, including social listening products, those used by researchers, and AI products, such as AI assistants. Today, those assistants can use Reddit to answer questions, but after closing public API access, they will need to forgo commercial deals with Reddit for its data. In addition, Reddit provided an update on its Rules Hub progress and auto-mod changes, and said it was "adding safeguards" to its classic, text-heavy version of its site known as Old Reddit. The latter will include limiting access to logged-in moderators and recent users -- changes Reddit also said were required because of "abusive scraping and automated traffic." Reddit said in the next few months it will limit access for logged-in users to those who have used Old Reddit in the last 90 days. The company also reminded developers building approved third-party apps and bots to register them with the company before January 12, 2027, to avoid disruption. After that date, Reddit will remove API access for any developer that hasn't registered.

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Par ce vœu, le conseil municipal de Saint-Denis souhaite «exprimer sa solidarité aux agents publics mobilisés».

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L’exécutif veut le ramener à «12 ou 13 milliards» en 2027, contre «22 milliards en 2026», a déclaré le ministre du Travail dans une interview à Challenges.

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La présidente LR de la région Île-de-France accuse l’édile insoumis d’avoir «chauffé à blanc» les «casseurs» qui ont arraché une partie de la grille du lycée Paul-Éluard à Saint-Denis. Elle compte lui adresser une facture de 100.000 euros.

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REPORTAGE - À Paris, 30.000 agents de la fonction publique ont manifesté ce mardi. Les syndicats espèrent encore pouvoir raturer le projet de budget 2027, présenté jeudi par l’exécutif, mais aussi peser sur les programmes des candidats à l’Élysée.

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416 lycées ont fait l’objet d’actions ou de perturbations ce mardi, selon Édouard Geffray, qui déplore «au moins 10 personnels» et «plusieurs élèves blessés», dont un enseignant «frappé» et un proviseur «blessé par un tir de mortier».

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TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and adopt new restrictions for teenage users, including a two-hour daily limit, overnight access restrictions, stronger age verification, a ban on beauty filters, and an option for a non-personalized feed. The settlement could grow to as much as $300 million if enough other state attorneys general join similar agreements. The Guardian reports: A trial had been set to begin on Monday in the southern US state over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content. [...] Attorney general Steve Marshall hailed Friday's settlement as "a great day for Alabama parents." He said: "Tonight, they can rest easier knowing real protections are in place to shield their children from the dangers of social media addiction." Under the settlement, TikTok will send $100m to Alabama and could possibly pay up to $300m in total if 40 other attorneys general sign similar agreements with the company within a specified timeframe. In addition, the Alabama deal includes a conditional restriction that Meta also agreed to: expanding the night-time shutdown period to 10pm to 7am if other platforms also commit to do the same. "TikTok's priority has always been fostering a safe and positive space where people can be creative, discover what they love, and connect with their community," a company spokesperson told AFP. "This builds on our commitment and core objective to continually enhance our robust safety tools to protect teens," the spokesperson added. More than a dozen other states, including California and New York, still have suits against TikTok.

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DÉCRYPTAGE - La désindexation des pensions pourrait peser lourdement sur les ménages les plus modestes, a calculé l’Institut des politiques publiques.

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À la veille de la présentation du budget 2027, les agents de la fonction publique sont appelés à se mobiliser ce mardi. Les syndicats réclament de meilleures conditions de rémunération, rejetant les coupes budgétaires prévues.

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Du 3 au 10 décembre prochain, 5,8 millions d’agents sont appelés à voter pour leurs représentants syndicaux.

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La désindexation sur l’inflation pourrait être partielle ou totale. Ces dernières semaines, le gouvernement avait démenti plusieurs pistes d’économies mais la prime d’activité n’avait jamais été citée.

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Des dizaines de militants ont tenté d’empêcher mercredi l’expulsion de Maricarmen, délogée de l’appartement qu’elle occupe depuis 70 ans dans le centre de Madrid, après son rachat par une agence immobilière.

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Le gouvernement prévoit de renforcer les conditions d’utilisation du CPF avec un reste à charge pouvant atteindre 350 euros contre 150 euros aujourd’hui pour les formations non-prioritaires.

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«La circulation des trains sera fortement perturbée sur les lignes normandes», a sobrement prévenu la SNCF sur ses réseaux sociaux, tôt dans la matinée.

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Après une année marquée par un gel du montant des retraites, les partenaires sociaux vont discuter dans les prochains jours de la revalorisation à appliquer en 2027. Syndicats et patronat doivent se prononcer au 1er novembre.

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DÉCRYPTAGE - Depuis plus de vingt ans, un fonds public est alimenté par les cotisations obligatoires des salariés de l’État.

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