Data centers, these concrete mega-computers that process and store our digital data are proliferating all over the world. They are monopolising water and electricity, generating environmental pollution and soil artificialisation, multiplying land grabbing and the…
On the eve of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 15 civil society organisations are taking the algorithm used to score beneficiaries of the Caisses d’Allocations Familiales (CAF), the family branch of the French…
In the wake of the Artificial Intelligence paradigm, data centres are set to proliferate all over the country. These server warehouses dedicated to processing and storing computer data generate numerous conflicts over the use of water and…
Over three years after we launched this legal action, the Orléans Administrative Court has just confirmed that an AI-powered audio surveillance device – i.e., microphones installed in public spaces and linked to local CCTV, with…
President Emmanuel Macron’s choice to dissolve the National Assembly in the wake of the European elections risks strengthening the clout of the far right on French politics. The ideology of the Rassemblement National, entirely focused…
On 23 May 2024, the Conseil d’État rejected a request from La Quadrature du Net for an interim ruling against the blocking of TikTok in New Caledonia. To justify this unfair decision, the court stated…
Yesterday, at the Council of the European Union, Member States adopted the AI Act to regulate Artificial Intelligence systems. This step marks the final adoption of this legislation under discussion since 2021, and initially presented…
Through an emergency proceeding (reféré-liberté) filed today, La Quadrature du Net is asking the Conseil d’État to suspend Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to block the TikTok platform in New Caledonia. With this censorship order,…
The “experimentation” of Algorithmic Video-Surveillance (AVS) within the framework set by the “Olympic Games” law passed last year by the French Parliament is not an experiment at all: it is nothing more than a hypocritical…
In its 30 April 2024 ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) shared its assessment of the legality of Hadopi’s massive surveillance system. The ruling is disappointing. The CJEU has considerably watered…