France: Send Tech Execs to Prison for Refusing to Cooperate with Surveillance State
France and Britain move to ramp up police state powers
Kurt Nimmo
Prison Planet.com
March 11, 2016
Lawmakers in France are preparing legislation that would force tech companies to unlock their devices or face the imprisonment of their executives.
The measure is included in a crime bill presented to the French parliament by Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas. The legislation was cleared upon first reading in the lower of chamber of parliament by 474 votes to 32.
“The rule aims to force phone makers to give investigators data and it will be up to the manufacturer to use whatever technique is necessary,” said lawmaker Philippe Goujon. “The target is to have them cooperate. The aim is not to break the encryption—the principle is that manufacturers should cooperate.”
The proposed punishment for failure to cooperate with the French state is drastic—a 350,000-euro ($386,000) fine and five years in prison for executives who refuse to cooperate, as Apple CEO Tim Cook did in the United States when he refused to unlock pair of phones allegedly used by the San Bernardino shooters.
In addition the law will impose a fine of 15,000 euros and two years in prison for any person who refuses to share data with the government.
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