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leftcider · Mar 9, 2007, 01:47 am

France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence - Yahoo! News

Quote:

The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of Web sites publishing the images, one French civil liberties group warned on Tuesday.

The government has also proposed a certification system for Web sites, blog hosters, mobile-phone operators and Internet service providers, identifying them as government-approved sources of information if they adhere to certain rules. The journalists’ organization Reporters Without Borders, which campaigns for a free press, has warned that such a system could lead to excessive self censorship as organizations worried about losing their certification suppress certain stories.

Done under the pretext of banning "happy slapping", which is people [youths] committing violent acts with the purpose of publishing them on the internet.

Osborn F Enready · Mar 9, 2007, 11:56 am

Don't we love the sounds of the Police State?

We must, since we are all accepting it.......... :rolleyes:

rmnunez · Mar 9, 2007, 04:51 pm

The legislation would be perfect for a government which sought a "police state". But if its intent is to curb excesses with these "happy slapping" broadcasts, we should wait a bit to see if there is more prosecution against those broacasts, or any curtailment in major media reporting of violence.

The Architect · Mar 11, 2007, 06:37 pm

If there trying to stop violence thats not the way to do, let them post it then they can go after the people commiting the violence. Isnt the US trying to do something like that?

Mar 9, 2007, 11:56 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Osborn F Enready Principled Observer Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 13,873	Don't we love the sounds of the Police State? We must, since we are all accepting it.......... :rolleyes: Petition of Redress of Grievances: http://www.givemeliberty.org/default.htm Canadian Lawsuit Against Their National Banks: http://www.freewebs.com/classaction/ Osborn F. Enready

Mar 9, 2007, 04:51 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
rmnunez Volcanic Erupter Location: Mexico City Posts: 4,772	The legislation would be perfect for a government which sought a "police state". But if its intent is to curb excesses with these "happy slapping" broadcasts, we should wait a bit to see if there is more prosecution against those broacasts, or any curtailment in major media reporting of violence. Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum. Raúl M. Núñez Sheriff

Mar 11, 2007, 06:37 pm	#4 (permalink) (top)
The Architect Agnostic, Cynic Location: New York Posts: 285	If there trying to stop violence thats not the way to do, let them post it then they can go after the people commiting the violence. Isnt the US trying to do something like that?