Video download link | md5sum 03513ce64897e9b7a98e1eccc9465fbd Protecting Children From Foreign Espionage Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0



Summary: The French ministry responsible for education has come to accept that spying operations of the United States have no place in French schools, no matter the alleged "cost"

THE very large nation of France, one of the most economically potent countries in Europe, is rejecting what was supposed to be rejected right from the get-go. It's a big blow for surveillance ambitions of the United States and one can hope France will prioritise Free software, not just something "domestic" (it can be both). Dr. Andy Farnell wrote about this weeks ago. He had witnessed the same problem (firsthand experience) in the UK.

Quite a few articles in English can be found about this, but a lot more are in French and some were included in our Daily Links several days ago. The short story is, Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace are banned for use in schools. Why stop there? Why only schools? The subject is discussed further in the above video. ⬆