France holds several Algerian influencers on charges of urging violence

French authorities are holding two Algerians who have wide followings on social media platform TikTok of suspicion of inciting terror, after they allegedly published posts urging acts of violence in France.The arrests of the two men – in Brest in the west of France and Grenoble in the southeast – comes against the background of growing political tensions between Paris and its former colony. A video blogger known as "Imad Tintin" was arrested on Friday outside Grenoble after publishing a video that urged followers to "burn alive, kill and rape on French territory".