France
The French government’s “secure” new internal messaging app is far from secure
The app, called Tchap, is the French government’s attempt to provide a more secure communication channel for its employees
European Council passes Articles 11 and 13 of the EU Copyright Directive in final vote
19 countries backed the Directive, six voted against it, and three abstained. All EU member states will now be required to write the Directive into their national law by 2021.
The activist group that campaigned for the banning of Faith Goldy from Facebook now want Yellow Vest group banned
The Yellow Vest group are a group that originated in France, motivated by rising fuel prices, the high cost of living, and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government’s tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes.
France shoots itself in the foot, gets blocked on Twitter because of their own dumb “fake news” law
Facebook and Google are reported to have already complied with the law by updating their services in France – but not Twitter.
Paris’s High Court has ordered French ISPs to block access to the pirate libraries LibGen and Sci-Hub
Tribunal de Grande Instance asked several of the largest French ISPs; Orange, SFR, Free, and Bouygues Telecom to wholly block access to Sci-Hub and LibGen within a year.
Google just added DuckDuckGo as a default search engine in its Chromium engine
From now on, DuckDuckGo can be used as a search engine in the Chrome browser in over 60 markets.
France Is Considering a Permanent Social Media Ban for Anyone Convicted of So-Called “Hate Speech”
The ban follows increased hate speech legislation and policies across Europe over the last few years.