No freedom of speech about teachers in France

In France, teachers join Muslims and homosexuals as a privileged group who must not be criticized:

“A website went live in January allowing students in France to grade their teachers online based on six specific criteria such as motivation, interest, and clarity. The teachers were named. The students, for obvious reasons, remained anonymous.

This did not go over well with teachers. The main teachers’ union sued to shut down the site, and a French trial court ruled in its favor, citing that freedom of speech ends when it affects teaching and that an uncensored discussion forum risked “becoming polemical.” ….

Freedom of expression is guaranteed in France and the other 46 countries of the Council of Europe by the European Convention on Human Rights, which states that “this right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas.”

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