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Sources and method: where the map's data comes from

For transparency, here is everything “ça brûle” aggregates, how articles are selected and what the map does not do.

Outlets whose articles are currently displayed

722 articles from 171 outlets over the last 24 hours · updated 03 Oct 2026 at 11:55 UTC

Press feeds read directly (RSS)

Regional press (RSS)

Independent and activist press (RSS)

National and international media (additional RSS)

Specialised, regional and overseas press (RSS)

Unions and associations: press releases from their own organisations (RSS)

News aggregators queried by keywords

Open social networks

Cartes complémentaires (recensements associatifs publics)

Référentiels

Method

Every 10 minutes, the map reads the press feeds listed above and queries news aggregators. Only articles whose headline contains a French mobilisation keyword are kept: manifestation (protest), grève (strike), blocage / blocus (blockade), rassemblement (rally), mobilisation, piquet (picket), émeutes (riots), heurts (clashes), occupation, barrage (roadblock), syndicat (union)… Sports or cultural headlines (concert, festival, exhibition, football…) are discarded.

When a visitor searches for a city or zooms in, the map queries that commune in cascade: Google News, then Bing News if Google is unavailable or returns nothing, then, as a last resort, the articles already collected in the press feeds. A blocked source is paused automatically and the others take over.

The commune named in the headline is detected automatically using the official list of French communes. Duplicate headlines are removed. An article stays displayed for 24 hours after publication. Each article is assigned to one or more themes using keyword lists (no AI).

The unions and associations listed above publish their own press releases: they are primary sources for calls to mobilise, but they are committed by nature and should be read as such.

The map only keeps the headline, the source, the date and the link: it does not copy article content, which remains the property of the publishers. Headlines are shown in French, as published.

What the map does not do

It uses no private account, no messaging app, and bypasses no paywall. It does not track any person and does not locate law-enforcement forces. It does not say whether a mobilisation is large or legitimate: it only shows how many articles mention it, and where.

Limits

The press does not relay everything, and a mention in a headline is not a confirmation. Location errors are possible, and some sources may be temporarily unavailable or rate-limit requests. For official information, contact the prefecture or the Ministry of the Interior.