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Police block Facebook fans

August 2, 2016

Updated on May 30, 2010

By Mildrade Cherfils

Mateo Eranda Hopp, visiting from Buenos Aires, Argentina, holds up a homemade sign describing what Facebook means to him. The 21-year-old student heard about the cocktail party all the way back in Argentina and decided to attend while traveling through Paris.

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