* The PHAROS ("Plateforme d’Harmonisation, d’Analyse, de Recoupement et d’Orientation") platform is a platform for Harmonizing, Analysing, Crosschecking and Orientating reports from the Central Office for Combating Related Crime
information and communication technologies (OCLCTIC / SDLC). It collects reports of illegal content and behavior on the Internet and their judicial processing. It comprises 28 investigators, supervised by 2 officers.
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Social media ranking with the most xenophobic PHAROS reports in France 2018-2021
Social media, for which the main objective is the exchange and sharing of content, are the primary carriers of hate messages. In 2020, the number of xenophobic and discriminating posts was over ** thousand, decreasing to around ** thousand in 2021. The majority of reports from France came from the content presented on Twitter, with over *** hate messages reported in 2021. That number was the highest reported in the previous year, over ** thousand. Facebook's hateful content also decreased in the year 2021, going from 2887 reports to 1100.
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CNCDH. (July 11, 2022). Reports of xenophobic and discriminating comments on the PHAROS* platforms in France in 2018 and 2021, by social media [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1132292/social-media-xenophobia-discrimination-reports-pharos-france/
CNCDH. "Reports of xenophobic and discriminating comments on the PHAROS* platforms in France in 2018 and 2021, by social media." Chart. July 11, 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/1132292/social-media-xenophobia-discrimination-reports-pharos-france/
CNCDH. (2022). Reports of xenophobic and discriminating comments on the PHAROS* platforms in France in 2018 and 2021, by social media. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/1132292/social-media-xenophobia-discrimination-reports-pharos-france/
CNCDH. "Reports of Xenophobic and Discriminating Comments on The Pharos* Platforms in France in 2018 and 2021, by Social Media." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 11 Jul 2022, /statistics/1132292/social-media-xenophobia-discrimination-reports-pharos-france/
CNCDH, Reports of xenophobic and discriminating comments on the PHAROS* platforms in France in 2018 and 2021, by social media ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1132292/social-media-xenophobia-discrimination-reports-pharos-france/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Reports of xenophobic and discriminating comments on the PHAROS* platforms in France in 2018 and 2021, by social media [Graph], CNCDH, July 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1132292/social-media-xenophobia-discrimination-reports-pharos-france/
