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The National Assembly is currently discussing new security legislation that, among other things, will prevent the media from showing the faces of police officers in photographs if the purpose is deemed to be to cause some kind of harm to privacy.
The media industry is protesting and considers that the law violates press freedom and would constitute an obstacle to police reviews. It can refer to cases of violence, for example, of which the authorities have been accused in many large demonstrations in recent years.
In connection with the protests on Saturday, the French journalists’ unions held a joint press conference together with human rights organizations. 40 newsrooms accuse the government of wanting to undermine press freedom, writes Le Monde, whose employees signed it.
The largest demonstration, with about 7,000 participants, was held near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
According to local authorities and police across the country, a total of about 22,000 protesters took part in protests on Saturday.
It is proposed that the maximum penalty for violating the Photography Law is one year in prison and a large fine. President Emmanuel Macron and his allies in parliament back the proposal, which was approved in the first stage of the National Assembly on Friday.
