SMS from the Zemmour party to French people of the Jewish faith: an open criminal investigation – RMC

An investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office after Eric Zemmour’s party sent an SMS to French people of the Jewish faith. of Éric Zemmour’s party targeting French voters of the Jewish faith on the eve of the first round of the presidential election, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Tuesday. Asked by AFP, the Paris public prosecutor’s office confirmed the opening of this investigation for offenses relating to personal data. The day after the first round of the presidential election, two associations had decided to take legal action against the Reconquest candidate!. They accuse the candidate of sending text messages to the Jewish community ahead of the electoral truce. dared to constitute or obtain in a fraudulent way a clandestine file of tens of thousands Jews (or reputed to be such) with their telephone number, constituting the most massive exploitation of nominative lists of Jews since the roundup of Vel’ d’hiv”, write the lawyers of the two associations in their complaint, which Le Monde was able to consult. “Message from Eric Zemmour to the French of the Jewish faith”, could we read, in a text returning in particular to the problem of anti-Semitism in France and denouncing the “scum” who “rotten the lives” of Jews as well as Islamist terrorism or its opposition to the ban on ritual slaughter. Éric Zemmour’s campaign team defended itself by explaining that the people targeted had consent to data sharing. An investigation has been opened by the National Commission for Computing and Liberties (CNIL). One of the leaders of the Reconquest campaign ensures that this political canvassing was set up with the help of a personal data broker, who buys databases to trade in them.