L'Internaute

Linternaute.com (webified name for L'Internaute or "the internet navigator", pronounced [lɛ̃tɛʁnot]) is a major French news site, launched in 2000 that provides online news. It covers current events in a generalist manner across its various sections through articles on news, culture, and entertainment, spanning a wide range of topics (politics, society, sports, cars, travel, high-tech, DIY, cinema, television, etc.) and offers services such as a dictionary, buying guides or a daily TV program guide. It also includes forums and the social networking site Copains d'avant. As of November 2020, it was the 99th most visited website in France. The site specializing in fact-checking false information Newsguard ranked Linternaute.com in 2025 as a reliable site, giving it a perfect score of 100/100 with the following note: "This site adheres to the nine criteria of credibility and transparency," including the responsible collection and presentation of information, avoiding misleading headlines, and "not publishing false or grossly misleading content on a repeated basis." L'Internaute is published by Groupe Figaro.