France is trying to extend the so-called "right to be forgotten", i.e., right to exclude articles from searches for your name, into a global censorship regime.

The French state has a pattern of attacking freedom of speech. It is forbidden to say there was no genocide of the Armenians, as well as to say there was no genocide of the Jews.

I reject both of those statements (see evidence for the genocide of the Armenians) but we must defend people's right to say these things even if they are incorrect.

You can also be prosecuted for saying "Don't buy from Israeli companies."

That goes somewhat beyond my form of opposition to Israel's occupation policies, but the right to advocate a boycott is part of human rights.

Even saying "I am not Charlie Hebdo" can get you harassed by thugs.

When France, a supposed champion of freedom, imposes persistent and ever-extending censorship, that clears the path for tyrants such as Putin and Erdoğan to impose their own forms of censorship.