An important detail is that the state has been condemned for that. This goes to show that France is not a totalitarian regime. The government fucked up, justic

An important detail is that the state has been condemned for that. This goes to show that France is not a totalitarian regime. The government fucked up, justice, as an independent power punished it and the illegally detained suspect is now free. The whole story is freely reported by French media. So is it bad: yes. Is it tolerated and are dissenters being silenced: no. For the rest, we will have to wait until the trial, but if the accusers don't have anything better than the use of Signal and uBlock, it probably won't end well for them, even if they represent the government.