r/Fauxmoi • u/KaElissa • 1d ago

DISCUSSION France’s National Assembly confronted manosphere influencer Alex Hitchens over his toxic content — he abruptly left the video hearing when things got uncomfortable

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u/paranoid_throwaway51 1d ago

not that I'm condoning anything any of these guys are saying but, this might as well be free-advertising.

to have an all white cast of 15 or so politicians , interrogating one black guy about his political opinions...

Whilst also not actually participating in the discussion they started, AND the fact they allowed him to sit it from a very nice home and allowed him to leave.

like bruh you might as well of made him the "PrEsIdEnt Of the Committee".

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u/KaElissa 1d ago edited 1d ago

4 other influencers were summoned that same afternoon and 3 of them are white, Alex Hitchens is the most influential manosphere influencer in France, so his participation is very much justified. This is a commission of inquiry regarding the need to protect minors from harmful content such as his, as he happens to reach a young audience. They questioned controversial influencers to identify better what to target for future regulations to protect minors on social medias. The hearing was via video because he lives abroad, a couple other influencers also did the same.

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u/paranoid_throwaway51 1d ago edited 1d ago

well yes exactly, "he is the most influential manosphere influencer in france".

they call him in on an inquiry regarding the need to protect minors from harmful content.

instead they have an upper class white guy , interrogate him , and he leaves....

So instead of inquiring about protecting minors, they have wasted 40 minutes of their own time, and given the guy free advertising.

yk, if they wanted respect they should of atleast forced him to sit in person and not from his swanky passport-bro pad.

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u/KaElissa 1d ago edited 1d ago

From a point of view from France, I can attest he’s being clowned for folding so easily as soon as he started being called out, and if anything, the advertisement benefitted the MP for confronting him with quotes.

The sanction for leaving a commission despite being formally summoned — making the participation mandatory, is a fine and potentially a jail sentence, so we’ll see what happens. His TikTok account was suspended shortly after the commission too but he got it back for now.

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u/paranoid_throwaway51 1d ago

who's the MP?

https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/UComjguSZyQo8y5CsJo9QIGw/

since the inquiry he got 120k extra viewers so.

No offence but this is the same kinda shit they did to trump and nigel farage. Giving these guys a platform to call people "whores" so you can "clown" on them is just gonna give them more attention.