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Owners of those newspapers are or were politicians. I would call that a politically motivated action against GrapheneOS.

• mmooss 11mo ago
  That doesn't follow: It's not their only motivation, nor are the author and editor drones who follow this one motivation. People can write politically motivated things on HN too. That is very different than a law enforcement action of the government.
  • betaby 11mo ago
    Then the law enforcement knocks the door it's already too late. Those articles is the intimidation tactics for now. > People can write politically motivated things on HN too. Sure, and that would be a problem if that was 1) targeted and 2) originated from the people with connections.
    • mmooss 11mo ago
      Do you have evidence of this conspiracy between these French newspaper owners, editors, and writers, and the French government?
      • hirako2000 11mo ago
        Several advocacy groups spoke up about it, even explain how that works, yes. Here are a few: https://eu.boell.org/en/2024/04/25/press-freedom-france https://eu.boell.org/en/2024/04/25/press-freedom-france https://ipi.media/france-media-freedom-threats-capture/ https://ipi.media/france-media-freedom-threats-capture/