#AirDefense: The Franco-Italian rival to the US Patriot passed its first test this week 🧵 politico.eu/article/italy-…
France and Italy are accelerating the development of an update to their air defense system — the SAMP/T New Generation — in hope to attract European governments.
Jul 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
One year from now, France will deploy large-scale, real-time, algorithm-supported video surveillance cameras for the 2024 Summer Olympics — a first in Europe.
That's the culmination of more than two centuries of increased surveillance of French citizens. 🧵
Over 200 years, France cobbled together a surveillance apparatus capable of intercepting private communications; keeping traffic and localization data for up to a year; storing people’s fingerprints; and monitoring most of the territory with cameras.
May 10, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
France unveiled today a wide-ranging tech draft legislation — with a lot to unpack 🧵
The text adapts French law to the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the Data Governance Act and, surprise surprise, the still-unfinished Data Act.
Mar 22, 2023 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
#JO2024: Débats sur la vidéosurveillance algorithmique dans un hémicycle clairsemé. Les amendements de suppression de l'article 7 ont été rejetés. videos.assemblee-nationale.fr/direct.1313367…#JO2024: Gérald Darmanin est dans l'hémicycle pour représenter le gouvernement mais n'a pas pipé mot pour l'instant. C'est Sacha Houlié qui défend la vidéosurveillance algorithmique.
Apr 21, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
I’m at Amazon’s appeal this morning at the Versailles court of appeal. Context: A court told the company to limit deliveries to « essential goods », then Amazon decided to temporarily shut down warehouses.
Amazon’s lawyer argues the decision is unfair and inapplicable because « essential goods » are not defined.« Amazon is a very popular company in France », he also said.
Nov 26, 2019 • 36 tweets • 6 min read
Hello from Luxembourg. The YouTube hearing at the Court of Justice of the EU will start shortly (and I'll live tweet as much as possible). Here's some context 🔽 politico.eu/article/copyri…
It's starting, with the lawyer of LF (the rights holder).
Jul 9, 2019 • 91 tweets • 18 min read
Irish data protection authority: U.S. law doesn't provide remedy for unlawful processing of personal data. There is no way of knowing when or by whom personal data has been accessed.
Irish data protection authority: U.S. legal regime doesn’t legal remedies such as access, erasure or rectification of the data. The Ombudsperson mechanism is not enough to make up for these "deficiencies."
