French Gov't Walks Back Proposal To Make Publishing Images Of Police Officers Illegal After Massive Protests Erupt Across The Nation

French Gov't Walks Back Proposal To Make Publishing Images Of Police Officers Illegal After Massive Protests Erupt Across The Nation

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201130/15152945792/french-govt-walks-back-proposal-to-make-publishing-images-police-officers-illegal-after-massive-protests-erupt-across-nation.shtml

For reasons only known to legislators who apparently had their ears bent to the point of detachment by law enforcement, the French government -- at least briefly -- believed the nation would be better secured if citizens weren't allowed to film police officers and publish those recordings online.

A bill passed through the general assembly that would have made this act a crime.

French Gov't Walks Back Proposal To Make Publishing Images Of Police Officers Illegal After Massive Protests Erupt Across The Nation

Dec 2, 2020, 12:13pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201130/15152945792/french-govt-walks-back-proposal-to-make-publishing-images-police-officers-illegal-after-massive-protests-erupt-across-nation.shtml > For reasons only known to legislators who apparently had their ears bent to the point of detachment by law enforcement, the French government -- at least briefly -- believed the nation would be better secured if citizens weren't allowed to film police officers and publish those recordings online. > A bill passed through the general assembly that would have made this act a crime.