I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
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I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« Le #DataCenter géant annoncé à #Fouju, en Seine-et-Marne, est présenté comme l’archétype de l’infrastructure numérique « souveraine ». Le projet est pourtant contrôlé à 70% par un fonds d’Abu Dhabi, #MGX, dont les liens étroits avec Donald Trump et ses proches, les géants américains de la Tech comme Microsoft, la Chine, ou encore les services de sécurité émiratis devraient susciter davantage d’inquiétude. »
Enquête de l' @obs_multinationales@mastodon.online :
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« Autre volet majeur en matière de surveillance : le texte apporte également la possibilité pour les « boîtes noires » d’analyser en temps réel les « adresses complètes de ressources utilisées sur Internet » – c’est-à-dire les URL des pages visitées par les internautes, et non plus seulement les noms de domaine consultés. »
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2026/05/07/surveillance-les-deputes-elargissent-a-nouveau-le-dispositif-des-boites-noires_6686538_4408996.html?
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
On #Palantir's manifesto: "Here is a major technology company with active contracts in the governments of multiple countries publicly declaring, in an organized and proud manner, that it acts as an instrument of power for a specific nation, that it regards ethical debates as theatrical obstacles, and that its allegiance is placed in the geopolitical project of the United States." https://www.techpolicy.press/palantirs-manifesto-and-the-digital-sovereignty-of-other-nations/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Ce mercredi à Marseille, discussion autour de la cybernétique à la librairie L'Hydre à mille têtes, pour une présentation du livre du philosophe Ivan Bouchardeau, « États d'esprit ». RDV à 19h.
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"Dubbed “Project SAFE HAVEN,” the product is advertised by defense vendor Edge Ops LLC as a “question-based AI interface” that uses “persistent passive data collection” to map “patterns of life,” a surveillance tactic that #ICE says will identify the “habitual locations, routes, and behavioral patterns” of its targets." https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Comment le lobby de la tech a fait entrer le secret dans le droit européen sur les centres de données.
https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2026/04/17/comment-le-lobby-de-la-tech-a-fait-entrer-le-secret-dans-le-droit-europeen-sur-les-centres-de-donnees_6680823_4355770.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"#Google and #Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar projects under construction in India are facing backlash from farmers, while the government offers huge tax relief to foreign companies setting up data centers." https://restofworld.org/2026/india-data-center-tax-holiday-farmer-protests-ai
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« Les conclusions de la Commission mixte paritaire sur la #loisimplification de la vie économique sont débattues cet après-midi à l’Assemblée et demain au Sénat. Douze associations critiquent de nouveau son article 15, dédié à faciliter l’implantation de centres de données. » https://next.ink/233568/datacenters-12-associations-alertent-sur-la-loi-de-simplification-et-la-souverainete/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"This report exposes how universities are embedded in the EU’s border regime, driving the militarisation, surveillance, and externalisation of migration control. It reveals a growing border-industrial-academic complex and challenges academia’s role in legitimising and advancing policies that systematically harm and exclude people on the move." https://www.tni.org/en/publication/border-labs
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"Deterrence assumes rationality, while A.I. weapons are designed to move faster than human reason." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/technology/china-russia-us-ai-weapons.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
On #Anthropic: "Safety is a PR tool to gain public trust before profits are prioritised". https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/12/too-powerful-for-the-public-inside-anthropics-bid-to-win-the-ai-publicity-war
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« L'usage de la solution de fusion de données développée [par #Palantir] installée par défaut sur les postes informatiques du service, demeure proscrit dans certaines divisions. À l'instar, par exemple, de "H", dédiée au contre-espionnage ou de "K", en charge de la protection du patrimoine économique. » https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/gazette/2026/04/13/dgsi-et-palantir-remaniement-a-la-nsa-base-americaine-en-micronesie-guerre-police-gendarmerie%2C110700724-art
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"Lawmakers in Maine greenlit the text of a bill this week to block data centers from being built in the state until November 2027. The measure, which is expected to get final passage in the next few days, also creates a council to suggest potential guardrails for data centers to ensure they don’t lead to higher energy prices or other complications for Maine residents."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/maine-data-center-ban.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
LLM & safety first: « Un Français a demandé à ChatGPT comment se procurer une arme pour attaquer un agent du renseignement, le Raid l'a interpellé dans la foulée, ce qui interroge sur la politique de confidentialité de la start-up américaine. » https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/un-monde-connecte/d-une-recherche-chatgpt-a-l-intervention-du-raid-le-coup-de-com-d-openai-1847220
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
A supercharged digital omnibus is being discussed in Japan... https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/japan_privacy_law_changes_ai/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"The alternative to digital sovereignty as AI acceleration – with its adjacent techno-fascism – means refusing the arms race altogether, opening up our imaginaries to cultivating an “art of leisure”, a different relationship to time and space (...) to simultaneously address the climate emergency, preserve democratic forms of life, and incidentally build truly emancipatory technical tools."
https://www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2026/04/07/averting-the-digital-sovereignty-trap/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Les livreurs à vélo travaillent soixante-trois heures par semaine et gagnent moins de 1 000 euros nets par mois en moyenne, selon une étude inédite par son ampleur.
https://www.lemonde.fr/emploi/article/2026/03/31/semaines-de-soixante-trois-heures-moins-de-1-000-euros-net-par-mois-une-enquete-alerte-sur-les-conditions-de-travail-des-livreurs-a-velo_6675579_1698637.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« « La bulle a déjà éclaté », affirme Ramon de Oliveira, ancien dirigeant de J.P. Morgan. Des géants de la tech ont perdu de leur superbe – Microsoft, Meta, Amazon et Aphabet (Google) ont vu leurs actions chuter respectivement de 35 %, 34 %, 23 % et 21 % depuis leurs plus hauts. ».
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/03/28/donald-trump-perd-la-confiance-de-wall-street-sur-fond-de-guerre-en-iran_6674727_3234.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Data Center Microsoft près de Mulhouse : « En réclamant la fusion des études de Microsoft et de RTE en un document unique et cohérent, l’Autorité environnementale siffle la fin du concours de fuite en avant énergétique et climatique. Le géant de Seattle doit désormais choisir : la transparence totale ou l’enlisement de son projet alsacien. » https://www.alterpresse68.info/2026/03/26/data-center-microsoft-de-petit-landau-pres-de-mulhouse-logre-energetique-subit-un-revers-cinglant-de-lautorite-regionale-de-lenvironnement/ via @lenuageetaitsousnospieds@piaille.fr
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
L'IA et le malaise dans la culture : « Interrogée par Mediapart, la direction de Transperfect a refusé de commenter, arguant de son statut de « prestataire technique et intermédiaire ». Arte, pour sa part, après nous avoir promis une réponse, n’a plus donné suite. Le modèle de la chaîne fait en tout cas école : depuis quelques semaines, la traduction de six des onze langues dans lesquelles est diffusée TV5 Monde est assurée par l’IA et la post-édition. ».
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"Europe’s biggest banks and asset managers have dramatically increased their investment in tech company #Palantir over the past year despite growing concerns of involvement in human rights violations and potential threats to European security, an analysis of company records show." https://www.ftm.eu/articles/european-investors-palantir-investment
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
#Technopolice : On avait des tas d'anecdotes pour matérialiser ces abus, mais Disclose a eu accès à des sources et mis la main sur des documents qui montrent comment l'identification par #ReconnaissanceFaciale dans le cadre de simples contrôle d'identité est devenue, via la généralisation des tablettes NEO, monnaie courante au sein de la police françaises. Et ce dans la plus totale illégalité. https://disclose.ngo/fr/article/la-reconnaissance-faciale-deployee-a-grande-echelle-sur-les-telephones-des-forces-de-lordre
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
#DataCenters: Alors que le gouvernement essaye à tout prix de recaser l'article 15 de la loi simplification (qui allège les obligations environnementales et contourne le droit à la consultation du public pour accélérer leur construction) pour rassurer Microsoft, Amazon, Google et autres investisseurs, la lutte locale contre ces infrastructures s'amplifie partout en France.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/backlash-against-data-centres-is-spilling-into-french-municipal-election-races-2026-03-13/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
#Trumpization: France’s far right [and Macronist far center] [are] framing the death of an activist associated with far-right groups as a moment akin to the murder of Charlie Kirk in the United States. https://www.politico.eu/article/france-far-right-trying-orchestrate-us-charlie-kirk-moment-after-activists-killing/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« Avec l’IA, nous sommes dans un moment d’accélération et de croissance du numérique, et de transformation des paysages en paysages productifs, notamment électriques. Peut-être que la bulle spéculative éclatera. En attendant, elle provoque un équipement infrastructurel massif des territoires et de la redondance infrastructurelle qui se traduit (en France en particulier) par une relance du nucléaire. » Entretien avec Fanny Lopez. https://www.espazium.ch/fr/actualites/les-infrastructures-numeriques-le-modele-des-hyperscalers-en-crise
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
#Technopolice : « Le texte a été approuvé par 60 voix contre 13 avec le soutien de Renaissance, LR, Horizons, du Rassemblement national, et l’abstention du MoDem et doit à présent être examiné au Sénat. »
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2026/02/17/videosurveillance-les-deputes-autorisent-l-usage-d-algorithmes-pour-detecter-le-vol-dans-les-commerces_6667058_4408996.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
- Against the naive belief that political decisions alone can steer technology away from capitalist and ecocidal predation, Carnino insists that the complex socio-technical networks on which we've grown dependent enforce "social prescriptions", "an inertial force and momentum" binding us to unsustainable forms of living.
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
- In presenting the contemporary digital economy's challenges as unique and specific, they overlook structural elements of technical networks throughout industrial capitalism's history: public investment for private profits, value extraction by network monopolies, widespread dependency on privatized infrastructure, and colonial extractivism for commodities.
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
- In claiming that current digital technologies can be made more sober and work for emancipation, they neglect the massive material impact of digital infrastructures (computer chips and screens, fiber-optic cables, data centers, internet exchange points, etc.).
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Carnino hits hard, but is right to call attention to dangerous claims made by these two Marxist scholars:
- By framing China as an alternative to Silicon Valley in enforcing state control over markets and an accelerated model for "green transition" through industrial innovation, they implicitly condone Chinese authoritarianism—including social credit systems.
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
To continue on #LeftWingAccelerationism (@felix@mamot.fr), see this critique (in French) by Guillaume Carnino of Cédric Durand and Ramzig Keucheyan's proposals for a digitally-mediated "green economy". https://www.terrestres.org/2026/02/12/adieu-aux-cybersoviets-sur-les-impasses-de-laccelerationnisme-de-gauche/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
« La contestation vise moins la technologie en soi que la manière dont elle est imposée, au nom d’une modernisation présentée comme inéluctable. » Un article de la sociologue Aude Danieli sur les mobilisations anti-Linky dans la revue RESET. https://journals.openedition.org/reset/6620
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Meta's timing and reckless political calculus is just disgusting. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
En 1969 aux États-Unis, des analystes du Pentagone se mirent à la recherche de nouvelles rassurantes à donner au nouveau président Nixon quant à l'issue de la guerre au Vietnam.
En désespoir de cause, ils rassemblèrent toutes les données disponibles et les soumirent à un ordinateur auquel ils posèrent la question suivante : « Quand allons-nous gagner ? »
La machine moulina 30 secondes et sortit la réponse : « Vous avez gagné en 1964 ».
https://ashbrook.org/viewpoint/oped-owens-06-transformation/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Appel à résidence artistique et d'écriture, la FLEM!! https://laflem.org/2026/02/12/appel-a-residences-2026/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
Last March, I was invited to give a talk at the Algorithmic transparency and the digital rule of law conference at the Sciences Po Law School.
My goal was to build on La Quadrature du Net's campaigns around tech-policing and automated welfare and out extensive experience of FOIA requests to illustrate practical hurdles to aglorithmic transparency.
You can read the paper directly on my blog: https://www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2026/02/06/the-practical-limits-of-algorithmic-transparency-lessons-from-france/
I read, write, talk about power & resistance in a computerized world. Assoc. Researcher @cis_cnrs. Member @LaQuadrature. There is no escape from the present. Room 641A.
"The policy shift, which hasn’t been publicly disclosed, made #YouTube the latest social media platform to back off efforts to police online speech in the wake of Republican pressure to stop moderating content (...).But unlike #Meta and X, YouTube has not made public statements about relaxing its content moderation. " https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/technology/youtube-videos-content-moderation.html