The site, coco.fr, was shut down in June after being linked to more than 23,000 sexual abuse and other cases in France alone, including the rape trial that shocked the country last year.

The founder of the website Dominique Pelicot used to recruit dozens of men to rape his unconscious wife has been charged by French police. Isaac Steidl, a native of France who now has Italian citizenship,

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has accused Algeria of “trying to humiliate France” after the North African country refused to admit one of its nationals who was being deported.

Algerian social media personalities calling for violence in France have exacerbated the already fraught relationship between Paris and Algiers.

France threatened on Friday to "retaliate" if Algeria escalates a diplomatic row that has flared up over the arrests of Algerian social media influencers accused of inciting violence.Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot threatened restrictions to visas or development aid,