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The *“Exégètes Amateurs”* is the nickname given to a working group shared by [French Data Network (FDN)][fdn], [La Quadrature du Net][lqdn] and
[the Federation of non-profit Internet access providers (Fédération FDN)][ffdn], to litigate against mass surveillance, data retention, and State censorship on the Internet (in France and at the European Union-level).

[fdn]: http://www.fdn.fr/
[lqdn]: https://www.laquadrature.net/en
[ffdn]: https://www.ffdn.org/

You can [learn more][mediapart] about us this [article in English][mediapart] (from October 2015).

[mediapart]: https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/france/291015/web-activists-debugging-frances-surveillance-laws

Feel free to get in touch with us at contact [at] exegetes.eu.org, especially if you wish to join our actions,
like Privacy International, Article 19 and the Center for Democracy and Technology.



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