Félix Tréguer
Biographic Data
| ID | 231047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Félix Tréguer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Félix |
| FAMILY NAME | Tréguer |
| SIGNATURE | TRÉGUER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0896-1303 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Towards democratic intelligence oversight: Limits, practices, struggles
Despite its common usage, the meaning of ‘democratic’ in democratic intelligence oversight has rarely been spelled out. In this article, we situate questions regarding intelligence oversight within broader debates about the meanings and practices of democracy. We argue that the literature on intelligence oversight has tended to implicitly or explicitly follow liberal and technocratic ideas of democracy, which have limited the understanding of ove…
« Il faut défendre la société de contrôle »: Les hackers face au libéralisme autoritaire
Après avoir rappelé la filiation entre les pionniers du militantisme hacker et les tactiques anti-technocratiques engagées par la Nouvelle Gauche, cet article propose d’interpréter la vague répressive qui frappa les hackers à la fin des années 1980 comme l’une des stratégies de pouvoir conçues pour refermer la crise de gouvernementalité engagée dans les années 1960 — une stratégie depuis réactivée chaque fois qu’un « front hacker » a semblé sur…
The Virus of Surveillance: How the covid-19 Pandemic Is Fuelling Technologies of Control
While it is too early to provide a definitive analysis of the impact that the covid -19 health crisis will have on digital state surveillance, this article aims to provide a first assessment. It starts by situating states’ response to the crisis in the longer history of epidemics and their connections to what philosopher Michel Foucault called “regimes of power.” By surveying various surveillance discourses and practices in countries like France,…
Learning from the history of alternative communication networks
This article explores the legal, economic and governance challenges to the sustainability of contemporary alternative Community Networks by drawing lessons and parallels from eight historical precedents. Building on academic literature related to alternative and community media, the article lays out an encompassing definition of alternative networks (or ‘alternets’) and develops a multidisciplinary approach to comparative history. After briefly p…
The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks
This article reflects on experiences of political advocacy which have been led by Community Networks activists in Germany, France and Spain to support the sustainability of bottom-up initiatives aiming at building community-owned telecom infrastructures, or “telecommons”. While pointing to the diversity of action repertoires used by various Community Networks across Europe, the article points to the potential of these instances of political advoc…
Building and defending the alternative Internet: The birth of the digital rights movement in France
In the mid-1990s, as the Internet underwent a major wave of growth and commodification, it also became increasingly politicised. In this article, we analyse the process that led to the birth of the digital rights movement in France. Based on archival work and interviews with key protagonists of the movement, this article blends historical, sociological and policy analysis to help explain the politicisation of French “Internet pioneers”. It docume…
Intelligence Reform and the Snowden Paradox: The Case of France
Taking France as a case study, this article reflects on the ongoing legalisation strategies pursued by liberal states as they seek to secure and expand the Internet surveillance programs of their domestic and foreign intelligence agencies. Following the path to legalisation prior and after the Snowden disclosures of 2013, the article shows how post-Snowden controversies helped mobilise advocacy groups against the extra judicial surveillance of In…
Wireless Community Networks: Towards a Public Policy for the Network Commons
Hackers vs States: Subversion, Repression and Resistance in the Online Public Sphere
L’article utilise le concept de « citoyenneté insurrectionnelle » pour analyser les usages militants d’Internet qui subvertissent les règles de droit encadrant la liberté d’expression et l’espace public démocratique. Il examine ensuite les politiques répressives des États visant à contrer ces illégalismes, ainsi que les stratégies de contournement et de résistance mises en œuvre par les militants. À partir de trois exemples – Copwatch (surveillan…
Hackers vs States: Subversion, Repression and Resistance in the Online Public Sphere
Le droit pénal de la fraude informatique, nouvel ami des censeurs: Liberté d’expression (Loi Godfrain du 5 janvier 1988 et code pénal)
Plusieurs décisions de justice rendues ces derniers mois en France – dont une décision de rejet de la Cour de cassation en date du 20 mai 2015 – s'appuient sur le droit de la criminalité informatique pour limiter les formes innovantes d'expression politique qui se déploient sur Internet. Or, ce mouvement jurisprudentiel qui s'inscrit dans un contexte d'abaissement tendanciel des garanties entourant la liberté d'expression risque encore de s'aggra…
Hacker l’espace public: La citoyenneté insurrectionnelle sur Internet
C’est la parole à l’état de foudre ; c’est l’électricité sociale. Pouvez-vous faire qu’elle n’existe pas ? Plus vous prétendrez la comprimer, plus l’explosion sera violente. Il faut donc vous résoudre à vivre avec elle, comme vous vivez avec la machine à vapeur.Chateaubriand, Mémoires d’outre-tombe Les controverses juridico-politiques autour de la liberté d’expression sur Internet offrent le spectacle d’un affrontement entre deux logiques. La pre…
Towards democratic intelligence oversight: Limits, practices, struggles
Despite its common usage, the meaning of ‘democratic’ in democratic intelligence oversight has rarely been spelled out. In this article, we situate questions regarding intelligence oversight within broader debates about the meanings and practices of democracy. We argue that the literature on intelligence oversight has tended to implicitly or explicitly follow liberal and technocratic ideas of democracy, which have limited the understanding of ove…
Building and defending the alternative Internet: The birth of the digital rights movement in France
In the mid-1990s, as the Internet underwent a major wave of growth and commodification, it also became increasingly politicised. In this article, we analyse the process that led to the birth of the digital rights movement in France. Based on archival work and interviews with key protagonists of the movement, this article blends historical, sociological and policy analysis to help explain the politicisation of French “Internet pioneers”. It docume…
Le droit pénal de la fraude informatique, nouvel ami des censeurs: Liberté d’expression (Loi Godfrain du 5 janvier 1988 et code pénal)
Plusieurs décisions de justice rendues ces derniers mois en France – dont une décision de rejet de la Cour de cassation en date du 20 mai 2015 – s'appuient sur le droit de la criminalité informatique pour limiter les formes innovantes d'expression politique qui se déploient sur Internet. Or, ce mouvement jurisprudentiel qui s'inscrit dans un contexte d'abaissement tendanciel des garanties entourant la liberté d'expression risque encore de s'aggra…
Hacker l’espace public: La citoyenneté insurrectionnelle sur Internet
C’est la parole à l’état de foudre ; c’est l’électricité sociale. Pouvez-vous faire qu’elle n’existe pas ? Plus vous prétendrez la comprimer, plus l’explosion sera violente. Il faut donc vous résoudre à vivre avec elle, comme vous vivez avec la machine à vapeur.Chateaubriand, Mémoires d’outre-tombe Les controverses juridico-politiques autour de la liberté d’expression sur Internet offrent le spectacle d’un affrontement entre deux logiques. La pre…
Hackers vs States: Subversion, Repression and Resistance in the Online Public Sphere
L’article utilise le concept de « citoyenneté insurrectionnelle » pour analyser les usages militants d’Internet qui subvertissent les règles de droit encadrant la liberté d’expression et l’espace public démocratique. Il examine ensuite les politiques répressives des États visant à contrer ces illégalismes, ainsi que les stratégies de contournement et de résistance mises en œuvre par les militants. À partir de trois exemples – Copwatch (surveillan…
Hackers vs States: Subversion, Repression and Resistance in the Online Public Sphere
Wireless Community Networks: Towards a Public Policy for the Network Commons
Intelligence Reform and the Snowden Paradox: The Case of France
Taking France as a case study, this article reflects on the ongoing legalisation strategies pursued by liberal states as they seek to secure and expand the Internet surveillance programs of their domestic and foreign intelligence agencies. Following the path to legalisation prior and after the Snowden disclosures of 2013, the article shows how post-Snowden controversies helped mobilise advocacy groups against the extra judicial surveillance of In…
Building and defending the alternative Internet: The birth of the digital rights movement in France
In the mid-1990s, as the Internet underwent a major wave of growth and commodification, it also became increasingly politicised. In this article, we analyse the process that led to the birth of the digital rights movement in France. Based on archival work and interviews with key protagonists of the movement, this article blends historical, sociological and policy analysis to help explain the politicisation of French “Internet pioneers”. It docume…
Learning from the history of alternative communication networks
This article explores the legal, economic and governance challenges to the sustainability of contemporary alternative Community Networks by drawing lessons and parallels from eight historical precedents. Building on academic literature related to alternative and community media, the article lays out an encompassing definition of alternative networks (or ‘alternets’) and develops a multidisciplinary approach to comparative history. After briefly p…
The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks
This article reflects on experiences of political advocacy which have been led by Community Networks activists in Germany, France and Spain to support the sustainability of bottom-up initiatives aiming at building community-owned telecom infrastructures, or “telecommons”. While pointing to the diversity of action repertoires used by various Community Networks across Europe, the article points to the potential of these instances of political advoc…
« Il faut défendre la société de contrôle »: Les hackers face au libéralisme autoritaire
Après avoir rappelé la filiation entre les pionniers du militantisme hacker et les tactiques anti-technocratiques engagées par la Nouvelle Gauche, cet article propose d’interpréter la vague répressive qui frappa les hackers à la fin des années 1980 comme l’une des stratégies de pouvoir conçues pour refermer la crise de gouvernementalité engagée dans les années 1960 — une stratégie depuis réactivée chaque fois qu’un « front hacker » a semblé sur…
The Virus of Surveillance: How the covid-19 Pandemic Is Fuelling Technologies of Control
While it is too early to provide a definitive analysis of the impact that the covid -19 health crisis will have on digital state surveillance, this article aims to provide a first assessment. It starts by situating states’ response to the crisis in the longer history of epidemics and their connections to what philosopher Michel Foucault called “regimes of power.” By surveying various surveillance discourses and practices in countries like France,…
Towards democratic intelligence oversight: Limits, practices, struggles
Despite its common usage, the meaning of ‘democratic’ in democratic intelligence oversight has rarely been spelled out. In this article, we situate questions regarding intelligence oversight within broader debates about the meanings and practices of democracy. We argue that the literature on intelligence oversight has tended to implicitly or explicitly follow liberal and technocratic ideas of democracy, which have limited the understanding of ove…
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Hacker (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works)