The announcement of the results of the presidential election was disrupted on the antenna of France Inter.
Listeners to public service radio in the 20th arrondissement of Paris heard, according to
Le Monde
,
"a speech lasting a few minutes directed against politicians, technocrats or even journalists" was broadcast "on a loop" for more than a year. hour and "was still not interrupted at 9:27 p.m.".
The France Inter antenna was hacked by listening interference on its FM network in Paris-Est right when the results of the 1st round were going to be given.
A “pirate transmitter blew the frequency of the station”, a prohibited technique, the radio told AFP, confirming information from the morning daily.
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France Inter "could not identify the content of this speech".
The radio clarified that “only the network covering the 20th arrondissement of Paris was concerned”.
“We discovered it by a tweet” from an individual, added the radio which had not received any claim at 11 p.m.
We "are absolutely sorry and are doing everything to understand what happened and prevent it from happening again", tweeted the boss of France Inter, Laurence Bloch, following these disturbances.
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