Loppsi 2: time for a new French Revolution
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- It seems the circle has been completed for France which, at the end of the 1700s, saw a revolution meant to free the people .
But now, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity have gone out the window.
First HADOPI, and now Loppsi 2, meaning 1984 has arrived in France.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is the title to the George Orwell novel about a totalitarian regime built on, “pervasive government surveillance and control, and government’s increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual”.
“The French government, fresh from passing its controversial ‘three strikes’ law to boot repeat file-sharers off the Internet, is now prepping its next assault on online malfeasance,” writes Nate Anderson in Ars Technica, going on »»»
A new bill would legalize government keyloggers, institute ISP censorship of child porn sites, and set up a massive citizen database called Pericles.
Having just passed its super-controversial Création et Internet “graduated response” law, you might think the French government would take at least a brief break from riling up the “internautes.” Instead, the government is prepping a new crime bill that will, among other things, mandate Internet censorship at the ISP level, legalize government spyware, and create a massive meta-database of citizen information called “Pericles.”
Under Loppsi 2, Anderson adds, “French ISPs would also need to participate in a Web censorship regime that initially appears targeted at child pornography. Critics like Jean-Michel Planche, who advises the French government on Internet issues, are already calling the new bill the end of an open and neutral Internet.
“Finally, the bill allows for a database called ‘Pericles’ that can pull together information from various existing French databases to create a ’super-dossier’ on people. According to Le Monde, such a database could contain all sorts of crucial, personal information, and sounds certain to set off the same debates that have taken place in the US whenever similar projects have been floated.”
It’s definitely time for another French Revolution.
JN
May, 2009
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May 21st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
When are the Orwellian-minded going to stop pushing this kind of garbage at the Internet??!
The way everything’s going, I wouldn’t be surprised if privateers start launching independent wireless “infrastructures” to get around all the BS. Yes, it would be considered “illegal” in most parts, but the situation would seem to warrant this kind of “civil disobedience”, and such a thing might cause the ISPs to consider the potential losses and grow some balls.
(Just a possible “for instance…”.)
: )
May 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Par pitié, n’en jettez plus !
I am french, and I am ashamed to see the government that I have elected not to serve the people but for powerful lobbies.
Nicolas Sarkozy hates the internet for personal reasons, and attempt to demolish stone by stone
by accusing all the words:
demagogically very beginning:
mark pedophile (court case that has outraged the French,
of crooks,
sects, (MIVILUDES report)
It is like in China,
And a lot of people going in other horizon,
protect his life on the Internet by encrypting all ….
Please read thio to understand:
http://translate.google.fr/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.numerama.com%2Fmagazine%2F12948-Decryptage-Sarkozy-et-son-oeuvre-de-controle-du-net.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8
We are all sick here …
Thank to P2Pnet !
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
The problem is that his UMP party is still popular, according to the latest polls.
As they say in Russia, “Only mass purges will save this country” (without specifying who will be purged and who will do the purges).
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
But frankly, if you are to vote for someone else, there is no guarantee that they will not do the same thing. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Whoever is elected get a feeling they can do anything with impunity, because there is no “citizen control” mechanism.
By the way, if you feel there is no one who deserves your vote, it is better to spoil your ballot – spoiled ballots are at least included in the vote counts.