Government of France

European Parliament

The European Parliament is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union, it adopts European[...]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. Our goal is to shape policies that foster prosperity,[...]

Subject tag: Child safety | Terrorism and violent extremism

Institute for Strategic Research of France (Institut de recherche stratégique de l’École militaire) (IRSEM)

IRSEM is the research arm of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and provides analysis on issues in defense and security. IRSEM, in partnership with the Center for Analysis,[...]

Subject tag: Disinformation and misinformation | Terrorism and violent extremism

Open Terms Archive

Open Terms Archive publicly records every version of the terms of digital services to enable democratic oversight. It addresses a critical gap in the ability of activists, journalists, researchers, lawmakers[...]

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Governance | Privacy and data protection | Terrorism and violent extremism

Christchurch Call

The Christchurch Call is a community of over 120 governments, online service providers, and civil society organisations acting together to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.

Subject tag: Terrorism and violent extremism

Freedom Online Coalition

The Freedom Online Coalition is a group of countries deeply committed to the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We believe that the[...]

Subject tag: Government transparency | Privacy and data protection

Open Government Partnership (OGP)

In 2011, government leaders and civil society advocates came together to create a unique partnership—one that combines these powerful forces to promote transparent, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance. The Open[...]

Subject tag: Government transparency

Election

France: Presidential election anticipated or scheduled for this month (Cycle of 5 Years)

April 1 - May 1, 2027

Where: France

[This information was sourced from Anchor Change’s Election Cycle Tracker with minor technical edits. It was exported on 8 June 2023 and may have been updated since then. In situations[...]

Subject tag: Presidential election

Best practice guide | Legislation or legislative material | Submission/proposal/advocacy/recommendation

Guiding Principles on Government Use of Surveillance Technologies

The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) has published ‘Guiding Principles on Government Use of Surveillance Technologies’, a voluntary and non-legally binding document which has been developed through consensus by the FOC’s[...]

Published date: March 30, 2023

Subject tag: Privacy and data protection

Government policy documents

Creating a French Framework to make social media platforms more accountable: Acting in France with a European vision

‘Social networks allow any member of society to publish any content they wish and share it with other users of the network. They are thereby revolutionising the media industry and[...]

Published date: May 1, 2019

Subject tag: Data Access | Government transparency | Terrorism and violent extremism

Legislation or legislative material

French Law Against Manipulation of Information / La Lutte Contre la Manipulation de l’Information

The law against manipulation of information, which aims to better protect democracy against various forms of intentional dissemination of false news, was passed at second reading at the National Assembly[...]

Published date: September 20, 2018

Subject tag: Disinformation and misinformation

Research report

French Ambassador for Digital Affairs: Facebook Ads Library Assessment

An analysis of Facebook’s Ad library that highlights a number of limitations including: public reports do not contain ad content, lack of information on ad funders, incomplete API documentation, poor[...]

Published date: December 30, 2020

Subject tag: Advertising | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation