not sure what you mean Olivier, even in french <g><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:02 AM, olivier auber <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivierauber2@gmail.com">olivierauber2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">il y a des événements qui semblent s'enchaîner de manière "mécanique".<br>
Je crois que c'est juste "machinal".<br>
La nuance est de taille.. humaine.<br>
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(sorry.. french)<br>
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Olivier<br>
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2011/6/16 Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> Subject: [opennetcoalition] The Entire Internet Under Governmental<br>
> Censorship In France?<br>
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> The Entire Internet Under Governmental Censorship In France?<br>
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> *** Paris, June 15th, 2011 – Information website PC INpact revealed today a<br>
> draft executive order which would give the French government the power to<br>
> arbitrarily censor any content or service on the Net. The French government<br>
> is furthering its policy to control the Internet, in complete disregard of<br>
> citizens' rights and freedoms. ***<br>
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> To implement article 18 of the law for the Digital Economy of June 21th,<br>
> 2004, the French government is proposing to give to several of its<br>
> ministries the power to order the censorship of online content that harms or<br>
> otherwise puts at risk public order and security, the protection of minors,<br>
> of public health, national defence, or physical persons [1].<br>
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> Clearly, the definition of these categories of content are both vague and<br>
> overreaching. Such censorship measures – whether they consist in the removal<br>
> or filtering of content – would be directly undertaken by the government,<br>
> without any decision by a judicial authority. In practice, they would apply<br>
> to all kinds of websites or online news services [2].<br>
><br>
> A few months after voting the French securitarian LOPPSI law and setting up<br>
> the ARJEL online-gambling authority, this new decree would be in total<br>
> contradiction with the UN's special rapporteur's report [3] or the French<br>
> parliamentary report by MPs de La Raudière (UMP) et Erhel (SRC) on Net<br>
> Neutrality, [4] which both condemn blocking measures, particularly when<br>
> carried out by an administrative authority.<br>
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> “This draft executive order aims to give the government a vastly<br>
> disproportionate power to censor any website or content on the Internet. It<br>
> is an obvious violation of the principle of separation of powers, and<br>
> strongly harms freedom of communication online [5]. This is an extremely<br>
> disturbing drift, in direct continuity with the French government's<br>
> repressive Internet-related policies. This draft executive order must<br>
> absolutely be rejected.” concludes Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of the<br>
> citizen organization La Quadrature du Net.<br>
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> * Références *<br>
><br>
> 1. The law's article 18 states, in French, that the administrative authority<br>
> is competent “lorsqu'il est porté atteinte ou qu'il existe un risque sérieux<br>
> et grave d'atteinte au maintien de l'ordre et de la sécurité publics, à la<br>
> protection des mineurs, à la protection de la santé publique, à la<br>
> préservation des intérêts de la défense nationale ou à la protection des<br>
> personnes physiques”.<br>
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> 2. Article 14th of the LCEN specifies that “services such as providing<br>
> online news, commercial communications and data search, access and recovery<br>
> tools, access to a communication network or data hosting also fit in the<br>
> range of online business, even if they are not paid by the ones who benefit<br>
> from them” (our translation).<br>
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> 3. See paragraph 31 of the report: “States’ use of blocking or filtering<br>
> technologies is frequently in violation of their obligation to guarantee the<br>
> right to freedom of expression, as the criteria mentioned under chapter III<br>
> are not met. Firstly, the specific conditions that justify blocking are not<br>
> established in law, or are provided by law but in an overly broad and vague<br>
> manner, which risks content being blocked arbitrarily and excessively.<br>
> Secondly, blocking is not justified to pursue aims which are listed under<br>
> article 19, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and<br>
> Political Rights, and blocking lists are generally kept secret, which makes<br>
> it difficult to assess whether access to content is being restricted for a<br>
> legitimate purpose.<br>
> Thirdly, even where justification is provided, blocking measures constitute<br>
> an unnecessary or disproportionate means to achieve the purported aim, as<br>
> they are often not sufficiently targeted and render a wide range of content<br>
> inaccessible beyond that which has been deemed illegal. Lastly, content is<br>
> frequently blocked without the intervention of or possibility for review by<br>
> a judicial or independent body.”<br>
> See:<br>
> <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/un-report-on-freedom-of-expression-bashes-g8-acta-hadopi" target="_blank">http://www.laquadrature.net/en/un-report-on-freedom-of-expression-bashes-g8-acta-hadopi</a><br>
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> 4. In April 2011, a parliamentary mission took the opportunity to question<br>
> the grounds for filtering measures “despite their apparent legitimacy, due<br>
> to their inefficiency and the adverse effects they may lead to.” See:<br>
> <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-an-encouraging-report-from-the-french-parliament" target="_blank">http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-an-encouraging-report-from-the-french-parliament</a><br>
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> 5. <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/fr/le-filtrage-dinternet-viole-letat-de-droit" target="_blank">http://www.laquadrature.net/fr/le-filtrage-dinternet-viole-letat-de-droit</a><br>
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> freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for<br>
> the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding<br>
> principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge.<br>
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> In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better<br>
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