For the first time, Facebook has agreed to allow French regulators to work closely with the company as a way to monitor what actions it's taking to combat hate speech. If necessary, France could impose further regulations on the social media giant.

In a French-language speech before the Internet Governance Forum held in Paris on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the two sides would work together for six months starting in early 2019 to come up with "joint, precise, and concrete" proposals that both Menlo Park and Paris could agree with.

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"There's a Californian Internet and a Chinese Internet," he explained, urging those in attendance to seek a middle-ground "European" model.

In a 49-minute address, Macron outlined what he meant and encouraged private companies to collaborate with government to codify this in regulations.

Macron called for a "common roadmap," which would include user-data protection and regulation of content.

However, European laws are generally less permissive than the sweeping powers of the First Amendment, which generally permits hate speech. So, it remains unclear how the global community can come to agreement as to what speech would be allowed.

The French government has also proposed a "Paris Call," which features a list of supporting companies, organizations, and national governments, ranging from Estonia to the United Arab Emirates. The United States is not on the list.

Facebook spokesman Andy Stone emailed Ars to say that this was not an "'embed' program."

He continued: