End of Hadopi Surveillance Mandate (laquadrature.net)

• Conseil d'État declares surveillance system unlawful
• Victory for privacy advocacy groups
• Systemic change in digital rights enforcement

"France's Conseil d'État has ruled against the surveillance system formerly managed by Hadopi and now by ARCOM, following a challenge by civil rights organizations. The court found the mass collection of IP addresses to be incompatible with legal privacy protections, effectively halting the government's piracy enforcement apparatus."