At first, it was a local anti-masks and tests collective that attacked her.
It is March and Isabelle Rauch has just relayed, on Facebook, her visit to a school in the department, where the children were screened.
Insults are raining down and the LREM deputy from Moselle retaliates, calling for an end to their defamation.
The mishap could have ended there.
“Except that, she tells us, without knowing why, the Vivi warriors have joined the dance.
»Therefore, for having spoken of the tests at school, a nauseating gust fell on his profile, swastika, reference to Nazism, insults.
This group of antivax, follower of digital raids and convinced of being in "health dictatorship", targets it.
“I saw the comments scroll, there were over 600. At first, I thought I was a robot but no, they were real people.
This is what is most disturbing ”.
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The elected will remain marked by this surge of violence.
“To make reference to the darkest hours of history, like Nazism, to destabilize, I cannot accept it… We can see that something is wrong!
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"To all those who are victims, file a complaint"
At a time when disinformation is progressing, “to point out, as they do, the culprits can allure many people, in this fragile period of pandemic, where the doubt is, for some, too hard to bear.
Was she afraid that they would do it again, and even take physical action?
She is hesitating.
“Yeah, it crossed my mind.
That's why I decided to act.
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Isabelle Rauch lodged two complaints for "harassment", since transmitted to the Parquet of Paris.
She has already been auditioned.
"To all those who are victims, do not be afraid, file a complaint," she urges.
Since the Vivi movement spread to France, the warriors have launched up to 15 offensives per day.
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Like many, the prefecture of Creuse suffered, this week, an assault, after announcing a night in a vaccination center. "We are scandalized," exclaims Albert Holl, the director of the prefect's cabinet, decided to go to the police station. This Wednesday, it was the turn of the National Institute of Health (Inserm): “250 comments in 5 minutes and 2 hours to erase them, we are indignant. It was reported to Facebook. "
“It's scary, exclaims the team of a deputy, on condition of anonymity, for fear of reprisals.
When we saw them arrive, we said
to ourselves
:
what are they going to do to us?
A benevolent call had warned them all the same.
The Vava, the pro-vaccine counterpart of these "warriors" - health professionals and teachers - have not said their name.
“Someone has, in fact, contacted us.
A sort of guardian angel.
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Very rare prison sentences
"We have already heard of them as a multitude of groups which, against a background of the health crisis, consider that the anti-Covid measures are an attack on their individual freedoms, not hesitating to make comparisons with Nazism », Explains Laurent Nunez, national intelligence coordinator.
The former boss of the DGSI, "still worried" to see new groups emerge, warns: "The Vivi warriors are followed by our intelligence services".
What are the perpetrators of group cyberstalking at risk?
“Since 2018, the Schiappa law punishes digital raids with 2 years in prison and a fine of 30,000 euros.
It is a real crime, details Thierry Vallat, lawyer, specialist in digital law.
A single tweet can send you to the criminal court.
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Many, hidden behind pseudonyms, believe themselves, wrongly, to be immune from condemnation.
However, if the law has tightened, prison sentences remain exceptional.
One was delivered in December.
"Judicial time is not that of networks," admits the lawyer.
Another obstacle, Twitter and Facebook, whose role of moderator is very criticized.
"The first is clearly a bad student, the second is making progress but especially on sexual harassment", continues the lawyer.
Intelligence services work with Facebook.
“Obviously we would like it to go faster, admits Laurent Nunez.
But we must also find a balance between freedom of expression and the safety of our fellow citizens.
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