Canada
https://thepostmillennial.com/publishers-woke-staff-revolt-over-jordan-petersons-new-book
Dr. Jordan Peterson's new book brought staff at Penguin Random House to actual tears. His new book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, announced on Monday, comes three years after, 12 Rules for Life, which was a massive bestseller. The announcement of the new work filled employees with sadness and concern and they cried to the publisher to not let the publication go forward.
According to Vice, the employees confronted management at a town hall regarding the company's decision to publish the book. Four of these employees spoke to Vice regarding the town hall and the dramatic scene of dismayed employees.
One employee said, "people were crying in the meeting about how Jordan Peterson has affected their lives." One co-worker allegedly discussed how Peterson had radicalized their father. Another talked about how publishing the book will negatively affect their non-binary friend.
One junior employee aggressively accused Peterson of being transphobic. "He is an icon of hate speech and transphobia and the fact that he's an icon of white supremacy, regardless of the content of his book, I'm not proud to work for a company that publishes him."
The employees also allege that Penguin Random House intentionally kept the publication a secret, even hiding it in the internal database. "I feel it was deliberately hidden and dropped on us once it was too late to change course," said the employee. Staff believe this is the case, even though the production of this book has been announced for years.
The employees also accused the publisher of seeking a profit. They said they believe Penguin Random House Canada is publishing Peterson’s new book because 12 Rules for Life was incredibly successful. "They’re not going to acknowledge the reason they're doing it is for money. I feel that would be the more honest route to go rather than making up excuses for Jordan Peterson," they said.
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France
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-ban-photos-police-violence-freedom-privacy-protests/
French crackdown on filming the police causes outrage
Critics say it will prevent journalists, citizens and NGOs from reporting on police wrongdoing.
PARIS — A bill that would ban sharing images of police officers for “malicious purposes” is facing outcry from civil liberties groups and press freedom advocates in France.
The government sees the measure, which is part of a draft security bill to be debated in parliament starting Tuesday, as a necessary step to protect police officers from violent acts. But critics say it comes amid numerous allegations of police violence and could pose a threat to press freedom in the country.
The bill would ban “disseminating by any means or medium whatsoever, with the aim or harming their physical or psychological integrity, the image of the face or any other identifying element of an officer of the national police or member of the national gendarmerie when engaged in a police operation,” with fines up to €45,000 and a one-year prison sentence.
France’s Defender of Rights — a human rights ombudsman — Claire Hédon said the bill could pose “considerable risks” on information freedom and privacy.
“The publication of images relating to police interventions is legitimate and necessary for a functioning democracy,” she said in a public note.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations warned France that the bill “could lead to significant violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression.”
NGOs as well as journalists across France echoed similar concerns.
“Whether they were filmed by journalists with or without a press card, citizens, human rights activists, the very videos exposing the violence committed by members of the security forces have indeed allowed the topic to appear in the democratic debate,” said journalists from AFP, the three main national dailies and many other media outlets in a joint letter.
The government has denied allegations that the bill would pose a threat to press freedom, with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin saying that the measures would not apply to journalists.
“If you see a problem that falls under the Penal Code, you will have the right to film it and pass it on to the public prosecutor, but if you want to broadcast it widely on the internet, you will have to blur the faces of the policemen and gendarmes,” Darmanin said on France Info.
MPs backing the bill stressed that it is intended to cover only “malicious” actions and not to prevent people from denouncing police wrongdoing.
“Dissemination [of videos] for journalistic purposes remains free and unhindered, while the ban explicitly covers operations carried out with the aim of undermining the integrity of the targeted agent,” the bill’s rapporteurs Anne Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue, from Macron’s La République En Marche (LREM) party, told their fellow lawmakers.
However, “intent to cause harm” is a “slippery concept … open to interpretation and hard to determine,” said Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a press release slamming the bill.
David Dufresne, a French author and filmmaker who has covered police violence for decades, said his documentary based on a collection of amateur footage from Yellow Jackets protests in 2019 would not have been possible if the French bill had been approved then.
“My film would not have been possible under this law,” he told the Local. “These images are key for victims of injustices to seek justice. There is no democracy without checks and balances.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/publishers-woke-staff-revolt-over-jordan-petersons-new-book
Dr. Jordan Peterson's new book brought staff at Penguin Random House to actual tears. His new book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, announced on Monday, comes three years after, 12 Rules for Life, which was a massive bestseller. The announcement of the new work filled employees with sadness and concern and they cried to the publisher to not let the publication go forward.
According to Vice, the employees confronted management at a town hall regarding the company's decision to publish the book. Four of these employees spoke to Vice regarding the town hall and the dramatic scene of dismayed employees.
One employee said, "people were crying in the meeting about how Jordan Peterson has affected their lives." One co-worker allegedly discussed how Peterson had radicalized their father. Another talked about how publishing the book will negatively affect their non-binary friend.
One junior employee aggressively accused Peterson of being transphobic. "He is an icon of hate speech and transphobia and the fact that he's an icon of white supremacy, regardless of the content of his book, I'm not proud to work for a company that publishes him."
The employees also allege that Penguin Random House intentionally kept the publication a secret, even hiding it in the internal database. "I feel it was deliberately hidden and dropped on us once it was too late to change course," said the employee. Staff believe this is the case, even though the production of this book has been announced for years.
The employees also accused the publisher of seeking a profit. They said they believe Penguin Random House Canada is publishing Peterson’s new book because 12 Rules for Life was incredibly successful. "They’re not going to acknowledge the reason they're doing it is for money. I feel that would be the more honest route to go rather than making up excuses for Jordan Peterson," they said.
MARXIST VERMIN WANTING TO BAN AND BURN BOOKS.
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France
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-ban-photos-police-violence-freedom-privacy-protests/
French crackdown on filming the police causes outrage
Critics say it will prevent journalists, citizens and NGOs from reporting on police wrongdoing.
PARIS — A bill that would ban sharing images of police officers for “malicious purposes” is facing outcry from civil liberties groups and press freedom advocates in France.
The government sees the measure, which is part of a draft security bill to be debated in parliament starting Tuesday, as a necessary step to protect police officers from violent acts. But critics say it comes amid numerous allegations of police violence and could pose a threat to press freedom in the country.
The bill would ban “disseminating by any means or medium whatsoever, with the aim or harming their physical or psychological integrity, the image of the face or any other identifying element of an officer of the national police or member of the national gendarmerie when engaged in a police operation,” with fines up to €45,000 and a one-year prison sentence.
France’s Defender of Rights — a human rights ombudsman — Claire Hédon said the bill could pose “considerable risks” on information freedom and privacy.
“The publication of images relating to police interventions is legitimate and necessary for a functioning democracy,” she said in a public note.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations warned France that the bill “could lead to significant violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression.”
NGOs as well as journalists across France echoed similar concerns.
“Whether they were filmed by journalists with or without a press card, citizens, human rights activists, the very videos exposing the violence committed by members of the security forces have indeed allowed the topic to appear in the democratic debate,” said journalists from AFP, the three main national dailies and many other media outlets in a joint letter.
The government has denied allegations that the bill would pose a threat to press freedom, with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin saying that the measures would not apply to journalists.
“If you see a problem that falls under the Penal Code, you will have the right to film it and pass it on to the public prosecutor, but if you want to broadcast it widely on the internet, you will have to blur the faces of the policemen and gendarmes,” Darmanin said on France Info.
MPs backing the bill stressed that it is intended to cover only “malicious” actions and not to prevent people from denouncing police wrongdoing.
“Dissemination [of videos] for journalistic purposes remains free and unhindered, while the ban explicitly covers operations carried out with the aim of undermining the integrity of the targeted agent,” the bill’s rapporteurs Anne Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue, from Macron’s La République En Marche (LREM) party, told their fellow lawmakers.
However, “intent to cause harm” is a “slippery concept … open to interpretation and hard to determine,” said Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a press release slamming the bill.
David Dufresne, a French author and filmmaker who has covered police violence for decades, said his documentary based on a collection of amateur footage from Yellow Jackets protests in 2019 would not have been possible if the French bill had been approved then.
“My film would not have been possible under this law,” he told the Local. “These images are key for victims of injustices to seek justice. There is no democracy without checks and balances.”
