The first case of administrative blocking a website accused of advocating terrorism and offer child pornography content took place this weekend, as reported on Twitter David Thomson, journalist and RFI author of The French jihadist .
Specifically, the user trying to connect to the site Sunday evening fell on the message, along with a pictograph of a red hand
“You have been redirected to the official website because your computer would connect to a page with content causes of acts of terrorism or publicly condoning terrorism. “
Two other warnings exist, one announcing a page ” containing child pornography images “, the other a ” illegal content “, without further precision.
The role of service providers
The first site covered by this device, Islamic-news.fr, which is defined as an information media “against the chiito-Western propaganda” and favorable to the Islamic state, was first returned to the warning page of the Ministry of Interior. It is now more accessible, even from abroad, except through the site cache. The Twitter account for the site has also been suspended. His Facebook page was still active hand this morning and its Internet address had not been de-listed from Google.
How does this block? For starters, the Central fight against crime related to information technology and communication (OCLCTIC) lists the sites to be suspended and demanded their withdrawal from the manufacturer or their host, when it is known.
Simultaneously, the Interior Ministry send it to the French Internet service providers. They have twenty-four hours to make the redirection of users to these warning pages. The site has a right of administrative appeal.
A very critical device
Join in the law since 2011, the system had never been applied, decree implementing fault. It was finally promulgated on 4 February. “Today you have 90% of those who rock in terrorist activities within the European Union who come after attending the Internet – websites, blogs, videos” s ‘then justified Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Interior.
Read also: “Jihadism on the web: the exaggerations of Bernard Cazeneuve”
Before the implementation of this measure, many voices were high to contest a draconian device, blocking taking place before any judgment of Justice. It also allows the government to collect statistics on connections to these sites.
Its effectiveness has also been questioned. Many technical means such as encrypted network TOR, make it possible to escape this kind of censorship. The sites listed may also reappear with new addresses and in new hosts, out of France, to escape more easily to the device from the Ministry of Interior.
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