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class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-06T19:38:14+01:00">6 November 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-08T00:52:03+01:00">8 November 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Data centers, these concrete mega-computers that process and store our digital data are proliferating all over the world. They are monopolising water and electricity, generating environmental pollution and soil artificialisation, multiplying land grabbing and the…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/10/16/french-family-welfare-scoring-algorithm-challenged-in-court-by-15-organisations/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-24451" class="post-24451 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-en-surveillance"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/10/francecontrolecp2-640x360.png');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">French family welfare scoring algorithm challenged in court by 15 organisations</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-16T12:14:46+02:00">16 October 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-17T09:57:42+02:00">17 October 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>On the eve of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 15 civil society organisations are taking the algorithm used to score beneficiaries of the Caisses d’Allocations Familiales (CAF), the family branch of the French…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/09/16/press-conference-in-marseille-against-data-centers/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-24274" class="post-24274 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-data-centers-en category-ecology category-networks"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/09/nuagebeton-640x360.png');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Press conference in Marseille against Data Centers</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-16T10:19:08+02:00">16 September 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-15T16:00:09+02:00">15 October 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In the wake of the Artificial Intelligence paradigm, data centres are set to proliferate all over the country. These server warehouses dedicated to processing and storing computer data generate numerous conflicts over the use of water and…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/07/18/first-victory-in-court-against-ai-powered-audio-surveillance/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-24136" class="post-24136 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-en-surveillance"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/07/wolfgang-hasselmann-UOw7N9o5iUQ-unsplash-640x360.jpg');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">First victory in court against AI-powered audio surveillance</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-18T19:33:25+02:00">18 July 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-18T19:33:26+02:00">18 July 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Over three years after we launched this legal action, the Orléans Administrative Court has just confirmed that an AI-powered audio surveillance device – i.e., microphones installed in public spaces and linked to local CCTV, with…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/06/28/legislative-elections-in-france-surveillance-on-a-brown-plate/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-24073" class="post-24073 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-censorship category-en-surveillance"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/06/IMG_20240628_114342b-640x360.jpg');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Legislative elections in France: Surveillance on a brown plate</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-06-28T16:01:00+02:00">28 June 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-03T14:41:36+02:00">3 July 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>President Emmanuel Macron’s choice to dissolve the National Assembly in the wake of the European elections risks strengthening the clout of the far right on French politics. The ideology of the Rassemblement National, entirely focused…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/06/06/tiktok-censorship-in-new-caledonia-a-review-of-a-democratic-failure/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-23835" class="post-23835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-censorship"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/06/tt-640x360.png');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">TikTok censorship in New Caledonia: a review of a democratic failure</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-06-06T16:49:00+02:00">6 June 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-06-06T16:56:27+02:00">6 June 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>On 23 May 2024, the Conseil d’État rejected a request from La Quadrature du Net for an interim ruling against the blocking of TikTok in New Caledonia. To justify this unfair decision, the court stated…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/05/22/with-the-ai-act-adopted-the-techno-solutionist-gold-rush-can-continue/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-23647" class="post-23647 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-en-surveillance"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/fil-640x360.png');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">With the AI Act adopted, the techno-solutionist gold-rush can continue</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-05-22T16:36:31+02:00">22 May 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-23T12:08:39+02:00">23 October 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Yesterday, at the Council of the European Union, Member States adopted the AI Act to regulate Artificial Intelligence systems. This step marks the final adoption of this legislation under discussion since 2021, and initially presented…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/05/17/la-quadrature-du-net-takes-legal-action-against-the-french-governments-censorship-of-tiktok-in-new-caledonia/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-23586" class="post-23586 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-censorship"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/baes-640x360.png');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">La Quadrature du Net takes legal action against the French government’s censorship of TikTok in New Caledonia</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-05-17T12:37:16+02:00">17 May 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-17T12:54:07+02:00">17 May 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Through an emergency proceeding (reféré-liberté) filed today, La Quadrature du Net is asking the Conseil d’État to suspend Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to block the TikTok platform in New Caledonia. With this censorship order,…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/05/02/against-the-empire-of-algorithmic-video-surveillance-la-quadrature-du-net-strikes-back/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-23510" class="post-23510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-en-surveillance"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/triptyque-640x360.png');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Against the empire of algorithmic video-surveillance, La Quadrature du Net strikes back</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-05-02T16:03:04+02:00">2 May 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-02T16:03:05+02:00">2 May 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The “experimentation” of Algorithmic Video-Surveillance (AVS) within the framework set by the “Olympic Games” law passed last year by the French Parliament is not an experiment at all: it is nothing more than a hypocritical…</p> <p style="color:blue;"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </a>  <a class="link-article" href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/04/30/surveillance-and-hadopi-eu-court-buries-online-anonymity-a-little-further/"> <article class="desktop" id="post-23390" class="post-23390 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-en-surveillance"> <div class="post-content-wrapper post-content-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-image-wrapper entry-image-wrapper-archive"><div class="post-thumbnail" style="background-image:url('https://www.laquadrature.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/jim-wilson-5QvsD0AaXPk-unsplash-640x360.jpg');background-color: #cccccc;"></div></div> <div class="entry-data-wrapper entry-data-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper entry-header-wrapper-archive"> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-before">  <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Surveillance and Hadopi: EU Court buries online anonymity a little further</h1> </header> <div class="entry-meta entry-meta-header-after"> <span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-04-30T12:36:23+02:00">30 April 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-04-30T12:36:25+02:00">30 April 2024</time></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In its 30 April 2024 ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) shared its assessment of the legality of Hadopi’s massive surveillance system. 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