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