Jean Castex announced on Friday two new provisions in the bill against separatism: the possibility of sanctioning "those who put personal information online" threatening "the life of others" and of "penalizing those who put pressure" on them. officials.
Jean Castex announced Friday a strengthening of the bill against separatism, including sanctions against "those who publish online personal information endangering the lives of others", specifying that 27 arrests had taken place after reports.
In the text that will be presented to the Council of Ministers on December 9, "the possibility of sanctioning those who put online personal information endangering the lives of others, such as a professor," said the Prime Minister to the 'after a Defense Council of more than two hours at the Elysee Palace.
1,279 reports to the Pharos platform
A week after the assassination of a teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Jean Castex underlined that "1,279 reports to the Pharos platform, specialized services in charge of collecting illegal reports on the Internet, allowed 27 arrests".
The subject of terrorist content should also be invited to a meeting between the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Jean Castex on Friday afternoon in Brussels.
Samuel Paty, a 47-year-old history and geography teacher, was killed ten days after showing his fourth year students caricatures of Muhammad during a free speech class.
He had been the target of social networks and online mobilization.
"The fight against online hate will be stepped up"
“The monitoring of social networks and the fight against online hatred will be intensified,” Jean Castex promised, assuring that Pharos would be “reinforced without delay in terms of staff”.
"And a specialized pole within the Paris prosecutor's office will be created to centralize prosecutions and therefore improve their efficiency," he continued.
The bill on separatism will also provide for "penalizing those who put pressure on officials" by words or behavior, as happened in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine against Mr. Paty and the principal of the college, ”added Jean Castex.
The Prime Minister also announced that "56 home visits" had been made on the 123 "decided" after the beheading of this professor.