“Three gigs per week”
.
After having mentioned in a column in Le
Figaro
her idea of
"rationing the Internet"
, the former Minister of National Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem published a publication on X this Monday evening, defending her proposal and responding to the multiple
“trolls”
who
“only have insults on their lips”
.
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“Dear trolls, I prefer to laugh at the extra aggression that my text will have inspired in you. One day, you will still have to think about changing your broken record. I promise you that my comments on our relationship with screens have nothing to do with my supposed Islamism
,” she first wrote.
And to continue:
“For others (...) it is not an attack on freedom of expression but on the contrary defending us in the face of alienation.
A reflection on our consumption (...) Do not focus on the number of gigabytes (...) it is a simple illustration.
But asking how much we need to use the Internet is a useful exercise
.
She concludes by wishing
“good luck to those who only have insults on their lips.
Sad lives”
.
“Scarcity requires a certain wisdom”
The regional councilor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes was the target of numerous detractors all day Monday, after the publication in our columns of a column in which she called for thinking
"concretely about the means of rationing the internet, for example by granting a limited number of gigabytes to be used daily
.
“Rarity requires a certain wisdom. If we know that we only have three gigabytes to use in a week, we are probably not going to spend them posting hateful comments or creating fakes. Perhaps we will stop considering it “normal” to spend several hours on pornographic sites watching ultra HD videos
,” she imagined.
“The exit of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem with her 3 GB is unfortunately only proof of the incompetence of many politicians in the digital field
,” Samuel Lafont, close to Éric Zemmour, scathed on X.
Paris advisor Aurélien Véron, for his part, asked:
“Do we really want Najat Vallaud-Belkacem to have control over our lives?”
Other Internet users also described the proposed idea as
“mind-blowing”
, opening the
“door to exemptions and privileges”
.