On paper, France protects free speech. “Article 11 of France’s 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man states that freedom of speech is one ‘Of the most precious rights of humankind,’” explained Noëlle Lenoir, who served on France’s Supreme Court, known as the Constitutional Council, between 1992 and 2001. The European Convention on Human Rights, drafted after World War II, added the right to access different kinds of media. “That is to say, you can look at Fox News, you can watch CNN, and the...