Blogging under pressure

Libération reported 21 June that the blogger Christophe Grébert, is being prosecuted for defamation by the town council of Puteaux. Having been banned from council meetings, bizarrely he was denounced by the leader of a counter-demonstration, UMP deputy Joëlle Ceccaldi, for «totalitarisme».

In March, 8 students were expelled for having criticised their lecturers on their blogs.