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His plan would allow judges to block a website or a user account, in particular during an election, and oblige internet platforms to publish the names of those behind sponsored contents.

Is he retarded? Or maybe he's just never used the internet. It doesn't work like that.
French laws apply only to French people. The internet is international.

The solution is very simple. We had it here in North America until about 10-20 years ago. A law that says it is a crime to knowingly publish misinformation.
It worked very well. The threat was enough to keep most of the media in line.
You can't stop people from viewing forbidden media. It's just stupid to even think that's a possibility. But you can punish the lairs.

Politicians quietly removed those laws in both Canada and the US after taking huge stacks of 'totally not bribe' money from lobbyists.