https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany's foreign intelligence agency targeted France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius for surveillance as well as members of their own diplomatic service, German media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151111/german-spies-targeted-french-foreign-minister Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:35:16 +0100 german-spies-targeted-french-foreign-minister Controversial laws that give France wide-ranging powers of surveillance have been cleared by the country's top court despite criticism from the UN and internet freedom groups. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150724/french-surveillance-bill-cleared-despite-un-criticism Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:27:04 +0200 french-surveillance-bill-cleared-despite-un-criticism With France set to gain sweeping new spying powers in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, comparisons have been drawn with the US, post 9/11, when the controversial Patriot Act was rushed through. But are the two cases really similar? https://www.thelocal.fr/20150507/france-surveillance-spying-us-patriot-act Thu, 07 May 2015 13:35:38 +0200 france-surveillance-spying-us-patriot-act French MPs gave the green light to a new law on Tuesday that grants the state sweeping powers to spy on its citizens despite criticism from rights groups that the bill is vague and intrusive. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150505/france-law-spying-parliament Tue, 05 May 2015 19:12:28 +0200 france-law-spying-parliament French MPs are set to overwhelmingly give their backing to a bill that will grant intelligence services sweeping new surveillance powers in the name of fighting terrorism. Here are five reasons why opponents of the bill say we should all be concerned. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150505/frances-new-spy-law-five-things-to-worry-about Tue, 05 May 2015 13:58:22 +0200 frances-new-spy-law-five-things-to-worry-about French MPs have voted through a new amendment to the controversial surveillance bill, which would allow whistleblower spies to be protected by law. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150417/french-snowdens-to-get-protection-under-law Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:48:56 +0200 french-snowdens-to-get-protection-under-law French MPs are set to overwhelmingly back a draft law that would give intelligence services the capability to sweep up masses of data on suspected terrorists. Here three civil liberties experts explain why the French public should be very, very concerned. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150414/france-surveillance-bill-public-worried-spying-opinion-civil-liberties Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:56:31 +0200 france-surveillance-bill-public-worried-spying-opinion-civil-liberties French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has defended the much-criticised new laws that would allow spies to hoover masses of data from suspected jihadists. Critics say the proposals will lead to mass surveillance of the French public. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150413/french-mps-mull-new-spy-laws-in-wake-of-attacks Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:20:55 +0200 french-mps-mull-new-spy-laws-in-wake-of-attacks France has never faced so great a terrorist threat, its prime minister said Thursday, as he unveiled controversial new laws allowing spies to hoover up phone and Internet data from suspected jihadists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150319/france-surveillance-privacy-internet-jihadists-paris-attacks Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:29:58 +0100 france-surveillance-privacy-internet-jihadists-paris-attacks After blasting the US in the wake of the NSA spying revelations, the last thing you would expect France to do is rush through a reform that opens the way for widespread surveillance of its citizens. A French digital rights group tells The Local why we should all be alarmed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131210/the-world-needs-to-know-what-france-is-up-to Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:36:00 +0100 the-world-needs-to-know-what-france-is-up-to Google and other internet giants have reacted angrily to the French government’s plans to extend its surveillance of emails, phone calls and online behaviour, as the National Assembly met on Tuesday to discuss the proposal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131126/france-surveillance-privacy-internet-online-snowden-nsa Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:48:00 +0100 france-surveillance-privacy-internet-online-snowden-nsa France's data protection agency demanded on Monday that the EU investigate US spying revealed by whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The CNIL agency claimed EU laws had been "possibly breached" by electronic surveillance conducted by the NSA. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130819/french-agency-demands-eu-probe-us-spying Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:20:00 +0200 french-agency-demands-eu-probe-us-spying