Since June 2016, 32 of the 65 countries assessed in Freedom on the Net saw internet freedom deteriorate. (1) Empowered restriction laws (Etat d’Urgence) and (2) fake news and disinformation both during and after the presidential election contributed to a score decline in France’s otherwise generally free environment. I am glad to have participated in the redaction … Continue reading Freedom on the Net 2017: online manipulation and disinformation tactics on the rise