French lawmakers in the country’s National Assembly passed the spying provision as part of a wider justice reform bill, writes Le Monde.
WTF?! In what sounds like an Orwellian nightmare that could never happen, France has just passed a new bill that will allow authorities to monitor suspects using cameras, microphones, and GPS systems on their phones and other devices. It comes after the country faced a period of civil unrest following the shooting of a teenager by police.
French lawmakers in the country’s National Assembly passed the spying provision as part of a wider justice reform bill, writes Le Monde.
Unsurprisingly, the bill has been slammed by French citizens as a „snoopers“ charter that allows police unrestricted access to people’s phones, laptops, car systems, and other devices, from which authorities can record sounds and images.
Police will only be able to use these powers of surveillance after authorization from a judge, and they will apply to suspects in crimes that are punishable by five years in jail.
