After several months of investigation, as part of a European initiative coordinated by British NGO Fair Trials, La Quadrature has released a report on the state of predictive policing in France. In light of the…
For four weeks last October, the Paris criminal court held hearings in the “8 December” trial. In this case, seven people are being prosecuted for “terrorist criminal association”. All of them contest the charges, and…
After more than a year of mobilization against the CAF’s – the family branch of the french welfare system – practices of scoring welfare beneficiaries alongside the Stop Contrôles and Changer de Cap collectives1You can…
For 15 years La Quadrature du Net has been defending everyone’s rights and fundamental freedoms in the digital age. These 15 years of struggle would not have been possible without you — thank you so…
Investigative media Disclose has just revealed that for years, knowing that it was totally illegal, the French National Police force has been using the automated video-surveillance solutions from the Israeli company Briefcam. This technology includes…
On 8 November 2023, a coalition of six organisations – La Quadrature du Net (LQDN), Access Now, ARTICLE 19, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Wikimedia France – filed a…
On October 3, the trial of the so-called “December 8” case will begin. Seven people are prosecuted for “association of terrorist criminals” (“association de malfaiteurs terroristes”). In this case, the intelligence services in charge of…
The fediverse (a blend made from “federation” and “universe”) is a group of social media consisting of a multitude of platforms and software, each of them communicating with the others using a common protocol. Mastodon…
This op-ed follows the publication of our article ʻCriminalization of encryption: the 8 december caseʼ. It has been signed by more than 130 individuals and organisations. The full list of signatories is available here. It…
Translation from a paper originally published in French in October 19th, 2022
For the past year or so, we have been fighting the effects of the digitialization of French public administrations and the use of scoring…