La Quadrature du Net (Squaringthe Net in French) is a French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms for its citizens.[1] It advocates for French and European legislation to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. La Quadrature du Net engages in public-policy debates concerning, for instance, freedom of speech, copyright, regulation of telecommunications and online privacy.
La Quadrature du Net
Abbreviation
LQDN
Formation
2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Founders
Philippe Aigrain, Benjamin Bayart, Laurent Chemla, Lionel Maurel, Benjamin Sonntag [fr], Félix Tréguer, Laurence Wandewalle, Jérémie Zimmermann
The name of the group is based on squaring the circle (French: quadrature du cercle), an unsolvable mathematical problem. According to the collective, it is "impossible to effectively control the flow of information in the digital age by law and technology without harming public freedoms and damaging economic and social development".[2] The collective makes an analogy with the squaring of the circle as a problem that could take ages for people to realize is impossible to solve, as initially intended.[3]
Creation and structureedit
The group was founded in 2008 by free software promoters and activists.[4][5]
In 2013, the collective re-organized from a de facto association to a formal (French law) association. This association was founded by 9 long-time participants or helpers of the initial collective.[6]
Leadershipedit
Philippe Aigrain, author of two books on information commons, is one of the co-founders of the collective and the association. Jérémie Zimmermann, also co-founder of both collective and association, is frequently invited to television programs and interviews, defending and raising awareness about the association's positions and opposition to the many projects they consider threaten fundamental liberties and the Internet (French HADOPI law, European Telecoms Package, ACTA, Net Neutrality, etc.[7]
quadrature, squaring, french, french, advocacy, group, that, promotes, digital, rights, freedoms, citizens, advocates, french, european, legislation, respect, founding, principles, internet, most, notably, free, circulation, knowledge, engages, public, policy,. La Quadrature du Net Squaring the Net in French is a French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms for its citizens 1 It advocates for French and European legislation to respect the founding principles of the Internet most notably the free circulation of knowledge La Quadrature du Net engages in public policy debates concerning for instance freedom of speech copyright regulation of telecommunications and online privacy La Quadrature du NetAbbreviationLQDNFormation2008 16 years ago 2008 FoundersPhilippe Aigrain Benjamin Bayart Laurent Chemla Lionel Maurel Benjamin Sonntag fr Felix Treguer Laurence Wandewalle Jeremie ZimmermannTypenon profit organizationLegal statusOrganizationPurposeLaw Freedom PrivacyHeadquarters115 Rue de Menilmontant 75020 Paris FranceRegion servedWorldwideOfficial languageFrench EnglishStaff7Websitewww wbr laquadrature wbr netLa Quadrature du Net protesting against the HADOPI law Contents 1 Etymology 2 Creation and structure 3 Leadership 4 Actions 5 Recognition and support 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEtymology editThe name of the group is based on squaring the circle French quadrature du cercle an unsolvable mathematical problem According to the collective it is impossible to effectively control the flow of information in the digital age by law and technology without harming public freedoms and damaging economic and social development 2 The collective makes an analogy with the squaring of the circle as a problem that could take ages for people to realize is impossible to solve as initially intended 3 Creation and structure editThe group was founded in 2008 by free software promoters and activists 4 5 In 2013 the collective re organized from a de facto association to a formal French law association This association was founded by 9 long time participants or helpers of the initial collective 6 Leadership editPhilippe Aigrain author of two books on information commons is one of the co founders of the collective and the association Jeremie Zimmermann also co founder of both collective and association is frequently invited to television programs and interviews defending and raising awareness about the association s positions and opposition to the many projects they consider threaten fundamental liberties and the Internet French HADOPI law European Telecoms Package ACTA Net Neutrality etc 7 Actions editLa Quadarature du Net gained notoriety by fighting the HADOPI law a controversial project to establish a graduated response in France 8 Its action against Internet censorship and supporting Net neutrality led the Quadrature to work on subjects such as the LOPPSI law the Telecoms Package or ACTA In 2012 Quadrature spokesman and co founder Jeremie Zimmermann received a Pioneer award for his action against ACTA 9 Recognition and support editThe Quadrature is supported by other advocacy and free software groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Free Software Foundation 10 See also editApril French association Network neutrality Bits of Freedom Open Rights GroupReferences edit Who are we La Quadrature du Net FAQ La Quadrature du Net La Quadrature du Net Why the name Squaring the net Laquadrature net Retrieved 2012 09 12 Squaring the Net the debate is open La Quadrature du Net 27 March 2008 Dailly Matthieu 28 March 2008 La Quadrature du Net acte de resistance clubic com Clubic History La Quadrature du Net Retrieved 2021 04 28 Assange The World Tomorrow Ep 8 Cypherpunks Part 1 Retrieved 2012 06 05 Rees Marc 8 March 2009 La Quadrature 5 gus dans un garage pour le cabinet d Albanel Next INpact EFF Pioneer Awards 2012 eff org Electronic Frontier Foundation They support La Quadrature du Net Archived from the original on 2013 04 05 Retrieved 2013 02 09 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Quadrature du Net in English Official website in English La Quadrature du Net s Wiki La Quadrature du Net on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Quadrature du Net amp oldid 1198355733, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
