October 1, 2021

Surveillance State of Play in France

I wrote a short chapter on digital surveillance for a collective work entitled Le Nouveau Monde, which has just been published by Amsterdam Editions. Over 1,000 pages and nearly 100 authors paint a “picture of neoliberal France”. For my part, I have attempted in a few pages to describe the expansion of digital surveillance in recent years, its promoters, its methods, and its effects, while trying to place it within the longer history of …

June 28, 2021

In France, Intelligence Agencies Remain Without Sufficient Checks & Balances

Article first published in French on [The Conversation FR]((https://theconversation.com/en-france-des-services-de-renseignement-sans-vrais-contre-pouvoirs-163040). Eight years after the revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the National Assembly has just adopted, amid a certain degree of indifference, the bill on the prevention of terrorist acts and intelligence. The text is now being examined by the Senate. This is the first major …