Today, La Quadrature du Net publishes the English version of its booklet on algorithmic videosurveillance (“AVS”). This document gathers all our work on this topic, in the hope of making it as accessible as possible.…
Today sees the start of the plenary debate of the draft law on the simplification of economic life at the French National Assembly. A seemingly technical law, with obscure issues, it marks a new show…
The National Assembly has begun examining the bill on the simplification of economic life. Through its Article 15, this “simplification” bill (or PLS) aims to speed up the construction of huge data centers in France,…
In the midst of the media uproar over drug trafficking, a law on “drug trafficking” is passing through Parliament. In reality, this text does not only apply to the sale of narcotics and leads to…
The Paris summit on artificial intelligence (AI) organized by France was held on February 10 and 11, 2025. It will go down in history as a great moment of acceleration. While French civil society is…
This text is the founding manifesto of “Hiatus”, a coalition of a diverse range of French civil society organizations that intend to resist the massive and widespread deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). In the run-up…
Yesterday, we achieved a great victory before the Grenoble administrative court! In La Quadrature du Net vs the city of Moirans, Isère, we obtained a decision recognizing the illegality of Briefcam’s algorithmic video surveillance software.…
We have decided to leave X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, January 20, 2025. This decision is carefully considered. Twitter has long encouraged hate speech and harassment, but in recent months it has become the preferred…
Since the end of 2023, the Marseille collective Le Nuage était sous nos pieds (The cloud was beneath our feet) has been investigating, analysing and fighting against the social, ecological and political impacts of digital…
After two years spent diversifying its fields of action, La Quadrature du Net is now tackling a new front: the fight against the onslaught of artificial intelligence (AI) in all areas of society. To help…