[P2P-F] Fwd: [opennetcoalition] No Net filtering in the name of consumer protection!

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: La Quadrature du Net <jz at laquadrature.net>
Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Subject: [opennetcoalition] No Net filtering in the name of consumer
protection!
To: opennetcoalition at laquadrature.net


La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/no-net-filtering-in-the-name-of-consumer-protection


No Net filtering in the name of consumer protection!


*** Paris, July 6th 2011 – Having just pushed a draft executive order to
establish total administrative censorship of the Internet, the French
government is now attempting to extend Net filtering, this time through a
bill on consumer protection. Tonight and tomorrow, the bill will go through
the French Parliament's Committee on Economic Affairs. The latter must
absolutely reject this new attempt to control the Net. French citizens can
help defend the Internet by calling the members of the Committee. ***


Even though a trans-partisan parliamentary mission questioned the legitimacy
of filtering measures and called for a moratorium on their extension to new
fields [1] in April; even though the UN rapporteur for freedom of expression
expressed strong criticisms against filtering [2]; even though the
government's draft executive order intended to extend its censorship powers
to the entire Internet has been the target of intense criticism [3], Net
filtering is making its way back to the French Parliament through a bill on
consumer protection [4].

La Quadrature du Net has sent a note about the dangers of filtering [5] to
the Members of the Committee on Economic Affairs [6] who will be examining
the text today and tomorrow, to ask them to reject this extension of
filtering to new fields, reminding them of the vastly disproportionate
nature of these measures, which bear the inevitable risk of over-blocking
perfectly legal content.

The citizen group calls the members of the Committee to support amendments
tabled by MPs Laure de La Raudière, Corinne Ehrel and Lionel Tardy in order
to remove Net filtering from the law proposal. To protect Net Neutrality, La
Quadrature also asks them to support amendments designed to fight abusive
use of the expression “unlimited Internet” (access) by operators who
restrict communications on their mobile networks, blocking the use of
services and applications, as well as amendments designed to guarantee
citizens the right to connect any device to a network.

“Considering the strong criticisms expressed against Net filtering by the
French MPs and the UN rapporteur for freedom of expression, this new attempt
to extend these measures to new fields is absolutely unacceptable. The
government stubbornly perseveres in its Internet takeover, and remains deaf
to calls in favor of strong protections for freedom of communication online.
This bill should have been an opportunity for the government to propose
measures guaranteeing Net neutrality against the malpractices of telcos who
restrict their users' access to the Internet. Let's hope that the
parliamentary amendments tabled to this end will be adopted.” said Félix
Tréguer, policy analyst at La Quadrature du Net.



* Références *

1.
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-an-encouraging-report-from-the-french-parliament

2.
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/un-report-on-freedom-of-expression-bashes-g8-acta-hadopi

3.
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/the-entire-internet-under-governmental-censorship-in-france

4. In French :
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/dossiers/protection_information_consommateurs.asp

5. http://www.laquadrature.net/files/Note%20filtrage%20PJL%20conso.pdf

6. Contact details, from our tool Political Memory, are available here:
http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Deputes_CECO


** About la Quadrature du Net **


La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and
freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for
the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding
principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge.

In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better
understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and
pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage
citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the
digital age.

La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs
including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and
Privacy International.

List of supporting organisations :
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-net


** Press contact and press room **

Jérémie Zimmermann, jz at laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room



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