The article 7 of the Law on Olympic Games’ organization has been adopted by the national parliament, “Assemblée Nationale”, formalizing the introduction of Algorithmic Video-Surveillance in French Law, until December 2024. Due to the fuss…
During the end of year holidays, and without fanfare, the government prepared the introduction of a new legislation regarding the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games. As expected, this draft law pave the way for…
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the legal case brought by students against the use by the Institute of Distant Study of the University of Paris 8 of the algorithmic exam e-proctoring platform…
Automated Video Surveillance (AVS) has dug its roots and wired its plugs in France, with support from the central government, other local authorities and the French data protection authority, the CNIL (refer to our article…
In September 2019, La Quadrature du Net started an initiative called “Technopolice” to collect information about the progressive outbreak of automated surveillance in France. This action reached a new milestone this Saturday, September 24 as…
Three years ago, La Quadrature du Net started an initiative called « Technopolice » to gather information relating to all technologies deployed by the police in our cities. Today, we have come to a point where…
What is an Internet shutdown?
Today, we are starting a new series of articles to explore the disruptions of the Internet network. While the Internet becomes more and more regulated, it is also more and more…
Artificial intelligence-assisted Video Surveillance (or “AVS”) is creeping into our cities, without transparency and completely illegally. For several years, we have been fighting against these technologies, in particular by challenging them before the courts. We…
Last week, La Quadrature du Net submitted its position on so-called “algorithmic” or “automated” video surveillance (also known as “Artificial intelligence-assisted video surveillance” or “AI video surveillance”) to the CNIL [the French Data protection authority].…
As the French presidential election approaches, we look back on what Emmanuel Macron’s first term in office and his party’s majority in the National Assembly have meant in terms of surveillance and censorship.
The pieces of…