In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in France, the French Interior Minister has announced the adoption of a new anti-terrorism law to monitor social networks and related matters.
The French interior minister said that following the recent terrorist attacks, he was passing a new anti-terrorism law specifically dedicated to the French intelligence service.
According to Anatolia news agency, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the bill would be presented at the request of President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Jean-Castex. The French interior minister added that under the new law of the French General Directorate of Internal Security, technical supervision will continue to be strengthened, updated and the use of algorithms continued.
Darmanin said isolated suspects in society, especially young people, now use the Internet and social media instead of traditional telephones, necessarily without connection to extremist networks, making it difficult for officials to deal with and locate them. he does.
Referring to recent terrorist acts in the country, including the murder of history teacher Samuel Petty and the stabbing of a police officer in Rambouillet on Friday, Darmanin added that the murder of Samuel Petty, a Chechen immigrant, was carried out through The Instagram messenger was in touch with Syria.
“This law should strengthen us in the field of technology used by terrorists in order to be more efficient,” he added.
The bill also addresses other terrorism-related issues, including extending the period of prosecution of those imprisoned and released on terrorism charges from one year to two years.
The French Interior Minister said that the threat of extremists in this country is still very high and since 2017, 14 attacks have resulted in the death of 25 people and 36 attacks have been neutralized. A total of 575 people were deported from France.
French officials have long been harsh and even insulting under the pretext of fighting terrorism against the Muslim community in the country. French President Emmanuel Macron posted an Islamophobic message on Twitter last Friday.
“We will not give up in the fight against Islamic terrorism,” she wrote in a Twitter message, referring to Friday night’s attack on a female police officer in a city near Paris.
