I am European too (French) and having "secret" database/file of journalist is happening without and outcry about it. There is at least one journalist who has t

I am European too (French) and having "secret" database/file of journalist is happening without and outcry about it. There is at least one journalist who has the infamous "Fiche S". This one is not illegal, but contain basically whatever the police want to put on it, which can be a stretch from reality. The deletion of the fiche was also refused [0]. Then we got at least one journalist who had, illegally this time, a file by the military [1]. Even though the file is illegal, she was refused access to it. And then, even for basic citizen, there is police files (STIC), which can contain whatever the police wants to put on it and has been leaked several time, for example, to employer like Ikea [2]. It also happened to famous people to have their file leak [3]. Has European, we like to think we do much better than the US when it comes to abusive surveillance, but the reality is we basically kind of do the same. [0] https://twitter.com/GaspardGlanz/status/1101150475787866112 https://twitter.com/GaspardGlanz/status/1101150475787866112 [1] https://lesjours.fr/obsessions/vie-jours/ep47-camille-polloni-fichee-suite/ https://lesjours.fr/obsessions/vie-jours/ep47-camille-pollon... [2] https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/secrets-d-info/secrets-d-info-31-mars-2018 https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/secrets-d-info/secrets-... [3] https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/fiches-police-johnny-jamel-divulguees-61776.html https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/fiches-police-johnny-jamel-div...