The French magazine supported by the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie after the 2015 shooting was Charlie Hebdo. The slogan, meaning “I am Charlie,” spread worldwide after gunmen attacked the magazine’s Paris offices on January 7, 2015.
Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly known for its political and religious cartoons. The attack killed members of its editorial staff and others, prompting vigils, posters, profile images, and social-media messages expressing solidarity with the victims and support for freedom of expression and freedom of the press.
The hashtag became closely associated with the magazine because its website displayed “Je Suis Charlie” after returning online, and the publication used the phrase on the cover of its first post-attack issue. Libération, Le Figaro, and Le Monde are all major French newspapers, but none is the publication named by the slogan. The phrase was later adapted for other tragedies, which sometimes causes the original reference to be forgotten.