Facts

On 16 June, to my astonishment, I received a phone call from my laboratory director. He said that I did not respect the charter CNRS laboratory and that my blog has been blocked. He asked me to remove this text, written on June 11. I will learn later than the reporting of my article is from the service of the CNRS Security Service. But the ticket in question quoted precisely. Disciplined, I withdraw my article in the next hour. Now my blog is visible again, cut this article.

A very rapid decision

However, in reading the charter in question, I noted that this censorship is based on one sentence into two sides: the user ... "shall not state personal opinions which are unrelated to its activity could harm the CNRS". So I will the following two remarks.

    1. The purpose of my blog is not to make "personal opinions", but to build and maintain a professional network. Although not explicitly explained, this article concerns the social information processing in France. Therefore, it is clear linked to my research in library and information science.
    2. It does not seem strange, at the CNRS, to discuss the CNRS. In particular, the fact discuss a malfunctioning public seems quite healthy to find a solution. It is advisable, when we maintain a science blog, to avoid an impersonal style. For my part, I think I just show a set of facts, the analysis may come later.

Freedom of the research in question

In this decision to the less rapid and effective, it's legitim to ask us some questions.

    1. The security department of the CNRS did he aim to support and assist the researchers? It'n not, because this service has the power to impose barriers. But then, which guarantees the separation of powers? What internal CNRS researcher can invoke if he is aggrieved ?
    2. In wich measure we attend to the confusion between the political and scientific spaces ? I have been working for ten years in a CNRS, and I have no come-back of such interventions. In recent times there has been several challenges to the freedom of research: political speeches insulting, researchers brought to justice, and of course the case of Vincent Geisser.
    3. What is the advantage of a direct censorship against a young teacher researcher? Why such a rush a few days before the convening of Vincent Geisser?
    4. Are there any other security service of the CNRS in the work of researchers and young researchers, undoubtedly the most vulnerable in their careers?

The peak

Which is the peak for a researcher working on the trail of digital business? Get track by his own institute! :-)