nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201129-003237-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201128s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201129-003237-0 doi eng 342 23 Ajji, Kamel Author aut The Rise of a Dissuasive Democracy in France Intimidating the press and the public from reporting about police operations would set democracy off-air Ajji, Kamel Verfassungsblog 2020-11-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On November 24, 2020 the French National Assembly adopted the Global Security Act by a wide margin. The bill entrenches the cooperation between public and private security forces, broadly regulates the use of surveillance drones, and strengthens the legal protection offered to security officers identified on videos that circulate on social media. The GSA is a perfect illustration of what I call a dissuasive democracy, meaning a regime where civil liberties are facially guaranteed by the constitution, but where laws and regulations are designed to dissuade individuals from exercising their civil liberties. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Emmanuel Macron Freedom of Expression freedom of the press security Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-rise-of-a-dissuasive-democracy-in-france/ raw object