There’s no easy fix to fake news, and France is no exception

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he visits France's national football team players in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, southwest of Paris, on June 5, 2018, during the squad's preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. France's players are in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines as part of the team's preparation for the upcoming FIFA Football World Cup 2018 in Russia. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

Emmanuel Macron promised to fight fake news, and plans to do it this week – with a law. 

Trouble is, Macron may soon learn, like a lot of other world leaders, that putting the fake-news genie back into the bottle is far from easy to do.