7 mai 2020

Gestion techno-policière d’une crise sanitaire

Texte initialement publié sur le site du CERI. En février dernier, alors que l’épidémie de Covid-19 battait son plein en Chine, le monde entier assistait avec stupeur la mise en place de mesures draconiennes destinées à juguler la propagation de l’épidémie. En parallèle des mesures de confinement généralisé en vigueur dans la province d’Hubei, les autorités chinoises mettaient en scène un appareil techno-policier impressionnant. …

25 avril 2016

Post-Snowden Contention: The Case of France

Last week, I attended the 7th Biennial Surveillance & Society Confrence in Barcelona, where I presented a paper entitled: « From Deep State Illegality to Law of the Land: The Case of Internet Surveillance in France. » Download the paper This paper (update: now published by Media and Communication in a special issue on « Post-Snowden Internet Policy » – pdf) aims to contribute to cross-country comparisons of the consequences of post-Snowden …

4 mars 2014

Insurgent Citizenship Online & the Struggle Over Free Speech in “Established” Democracies

Below is an input statement presented at the 20th New Faces Conference, held on February 27– March 2, 2014 in Istanbul on “Citizenship and Political Participation in the Mediterranean Region”. It is a shorter version of another paper summing ongoing doctoral research. It was also published and translated in Greek on the Artivist e-Magazine. The Internet is bringing about a new era for freedom of expression and association, as we move toward a …

15 novembre 2013

Insurgent Citizenship on the Internet: Pushing Back the Limits of the Public Sphere

I presented a few weeks ago at the International Congress of the Research Committee on Sociology of Law of the International Sociological Association. The congress was held in Toulouse on 3-6 September 2013 and its theme was “Sociology of Law and Political Action”. My paper was presented during a workshop on « Non-Compliance to the Rules and Disobedience Towards the Law« . Abstract: This paper presents ongoing doctoral research on Internet-based …