France, Feb. 28 -- Reports of anti-Semisitm in France rose sharply in 2023, with Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin heaping criticism on social media sites whose owners do little to moderate hateful content.

Disclosing the worrying uptick on Tuesday before the Senate, Darmanin deplored a "particularly dramatic" year linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.

The government's Pharos portal, which allows harmful content to be reported online, in 2023 received 211,543 reports compared to 175,924 th year prior.

This was 90 percent due to anti-Semitic content, Darmanin said - adding: "We cannot make the big platforms listen to reason."

Speaking to the Senate's Law Committee, Darmanin said the X platform (formerly Twitter) posed a significa...