Skyrock

Skyrock may refer to:

Skyrock (radio)

Skyrock is a French radio station based in Paris created in 1986, and is dedicated to mainly rap music and hip-hop.

History

In March 1986, Skyrock was created by Pierre Bellanger.

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Skyrock (social network site)

Skyrock.com is a social networking site based in France that offers a free space on the web to allow its users to create blogs, add profiles, and exchange messages with other registered members.

Background and description

Skyrock.com began as a blogging site, Skyblog.com, founded by Skyrock CEO Pierre Bellanger in December 2002. In May 2007, after abandoning the Skyblog.com brand, Skyrock.com was launched as a full-scale social network.

As of June 2008 Skyrock was ranked as the world's seventh largest social network with over 21 million visitors.

Controversies

Skyrock has a high penetration rate in France. In several French middle schools, students used the platform to malign school personnel resulting in their expulsion and in the issuing of alerts by schools to warn parents and students about such behavior.

Furthermore, certain American newspapers attempted to associate the breakout of the 2005 civil unrest in France to users of Skyblogs. However, institutions of the French state never filed any formal complaint indicting the usage of Skyrock Blogs.