Summary
- Paris residents are protesting the 2024 Summer Olympics and the city’s spending on cleaning the Seine River.
- Protesters are encouraging defecating in the river before French President Macron and Paris Mayor Hidalgo swim in it.
- The hashtag #JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin has gone viral, with a website providing instructions on when to poop in the river.
- Despite contamination concerns, the International Olympic Committee believes Olympic events will still be held in the river this summer.