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Amid growing criticism, HADOPI reports on measures to combat digital piracy

Published on 12 July 2011Read

New case of impunity

French judge dismisses French journalist’s complaint against Israeli military

Published on 8 June 2011Read

Court cites need to protect confidentiality of journalists’ sources

Reporters Without Borders hails the fact that a French court has cited the need to protect the confidentiality of journalists’ sources as grounds (...)

Published on 11 May 2011 Read

Senate rejects bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide

Reporters Without Borders welcomes this week’s decision by the French Senate to reject a bill that would have had made it a crime to deny that (...)

Published on 6 May 2011 Read

Disappointing report and belated investigation on net neutrality

Reporters Without Borders notes the European Commission’s decision to investigate the impact on net neutrality of the practices of Internet (...)

Published on 27 April 2011 Read

Internet companies challenge decree requiring them to store personal data

The French Association of Internet Community Services (ASIC), which groups more than 20 Internet companies including Facebook, Dailymotion, (...)

Published on 7 April 2011 Read

Opposition legislators refer security law to Constitutional Council

The Socialist and Communist groups in the National Assembly and Senate yesterday challenged the constitutionality of a new domestic security law (...)

Published on 16 February 2011 Read

Amendment will allow government agency to use private sector to monitor the Internet

Reporters Without Borders condemns the National Assembly’s adoption of an amendment proposed by the government that could allow the High Authority (...)

Published on 4 February 2011 Read

Libel suits by intelligence chief and Sarkozy aide over spying allegations

Reporters Without Borders does not know whether to be amused or dismayed by the libel suits that presidential chief of staff Claude Guéant and (...)

Published on 13 November 2010 Read

Security forces must respect public’s right to be informed

Reporters Without Borders has received several calls from journalists complaining of the difficulties they have had in covering the ongoing (...)

Published on 25 October 2010 Read

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France - 10 August 2011

Internet agency retreats on filtering, but does not give up

France - 8 August 2011

Heavy fines for two independent newspapers

France - 3 August 2011

Nakhchivan authorities continue to harass IRFS correspondent

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