Would the dice be loaded? Would global information now be controlled by a few planetary industrial groups? The question is raised with each election, with each crisis, in the United States, in France, and elsewhere. Social networks and lobbies have taken control of our brains.
Pavel Dourov, the founder of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, is facing serious charges from the French justice system. After four days in police custody, he is now banned from leaving French territory.
The Meta boss accuses the White House of pressure to censor content on its platforms (Facebook, Instagram), notably during the Covid crisis. The scandal has come to light at a time when the French justice system has just arrested Telegram boss Pavel Durov in Paris.
Pavel Durov, CEO and founder of 900-million-user encrypted messenger Telegram, was arrested this Saturday at Le Bourget airport. The 39-year-old Franco-Russian billionaire was arrested by French authorities under a search warrant issued by the French Office for Combating Violence Against Minors.
An Internet user who consults ten websites is tracked more than 4,000 times, explains UFC. The consumers’ association provides them with a free tool to find out what online platforms know about them, enabling them to regain control.
By extending the statute of limitations for insulting and defaming elected representatives, the freedom to inform is threatened. Journalists’ unions denounce this unspeakable infringement of press law.
“I am dying. Slowly, but surely,” writes the Australian journalist and Wikileaks founder from his high-security prison in Belmarsh, UK.
For nine months, consumers and producers of journalistic information will be discussing the French press industry. Digital giants have long since unwittingly taken global control of news.
The SAS Cicero which publishes the online media https://infodujour.fr/ has just put online on Amazon a collection of the main censored articles of Jean-Marc Sabatier. 353 pages. Now available in English and Spanish.
Since the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk, speech seems to be free on the social network with the blue bird. “Twitter files”, unblocked accounts, new visibility… But will there be a limit to the “free speech” claimed by the American giant?
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron answered questions from Caroline Roux in L’Événement on France 2. He called for “responsibility” on the blockade of oil depots and said that Russia and Ukraine will have to come to the negotiating table.
On the initiative of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a human chain will surround the British Parliament on October 8, 2022 to demand the release of the imprisoned journalist. In France, a rally will be held at 2 p.m. next to the replica of the Statue of Liberty, on the Ile aux Cygnes, under the Grenelle Bridge, in the 15th arrondissement.
