Chantal Delsol: "Griveaux affair, between wanton freedom and odious denunciation"

Respect for privacy is the foundation of freedoms and the very first condition for democratic life. We understand the general indignation which accompanies the Benjamin Griveaux affair, a denial of democracy thrown in the face of all.

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And concern has just noted what this affair reveals: our free countries feed at the same time this deleterious freedom which allows networks to defeat reputations. Here, moreover, the free and carefree networked way of life, which allows people to go everywhere and say everything, has been used by a clear will to harm, which is displayed - a political will using the weapons of networks .

Obviously, we hope that the nuisance will not go unpunished. But we are forced to wonder about our situation, which allows these perversities. If we fail to cope and find answers, we will have no other alternative but to suffer the insults or then control in Chinese fashion. It is very scary

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