Jean-Baptiste Soufron
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Jean-Baptiste Soufron (born 6 April 1978) is a lawyer and writer in Bordeaux, France. He has been an advisor to the French government and the former general secretary of the French National Digital Council (2012–2015).
Career
Soufron graduated from La Sorbonne. He translated The Future of Ideas, a book by Lawrence Lessig into French. He was a consultant for free software and open source companies in 2006.[http://www.ibm.com/ibm/governmentalprograms/ipbooklet.pdf « Building a New IP Marketplace »], Jean-Baptiste Soufron, IBM GIO 2.0, septembre 2006, page 2.
In 2002, he was a co-founder of and the lawyer for Ligue Odebi, a collective dedicated to defend French internet users in front of the LCEN and DAVDSI bills. In 2004, he was a co-founder of and the lawyer for Audionautes, a nonprofit dedicated to defend internet users threatened by the music industry.
In 2003, he was one of the two lawyer of Jiraf (le Jeu et son Industrie Rassemble leurs Acteurs Français), a nonprofit French association created to find a solution to save the French video games industry at the people level.
In 2004, he was a co-founder of Wikimedia France, the French chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation:fr:Wikimédia France{{Circular reference|date=July 2019}}.
In 2006, during the presidential campaign, he worked with Michel Rocard as one of the authors of the Republic 2.0 report[https://framablog.org/2007/04/06/republique-20-le-rapport-rocard-est-en-ligne/ Republic 2.0 report] for Ségolène Royal.
He was involved in Wikipedia from the beginning of the project, helping with legal matters before becoming lead legal coordinatorElection in 2005 and then the chief legal officer of the Wikimedia Foundation[https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Trademarks Wikimedia Foundation Resolutions] (2006–2008).
In 2010, Soufron was the director of the think tank of Cap Digital.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.capdigital.com/cap-digital/nous-contacter/ Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Directeur du programme Think Digital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317083758/http://www.capdigital.com/cap-digital/nous-contacter/ |date=2011-03-17 }} He has been writing on open innovation and digital culture in Esprit,{{Cite web|url=http://www.esprit.presse.fr/archive/review/article.php?code=36138|title = Les acrobates de l'innovation | Revue Esprit}} and on Internet politics in Dissent.{{Cite web|url=https://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/Dissent/V54I4P37-1.htm|title = Dissent - Internet innovation}} He founded several startups such as Amusement Magazine{{in lang|fr}} [http://electronlibre.info/Amusement-votre-et-culture,087 Abdel Bounane et Jean-Baptiste Soufron lancent le premier magazine haut de gamme dédié aux jeux vidéos.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621151444/http://electronlibre.info/Amusement-votre-et-culture,087 |date=2008-06-21 }} and the review website nonfiction.fr.[http://www.nonfiction.fr nonfiction.fr] As a journalist,[https://web.archive.org/web/20121005065233/http://www.franceculture.fr/personne-jean-baptiste-soufron description of Jean-Baptiste Soufron on France Culture website] he co-hosted the live shows Minuit/Dix and Le Rendez-Vous on France Culture radio.
In 2012, he worked with Fleur Pellerin, an advisor of candidate François Hollande, on the digital economy.
In 2012, after the presidential election, he became the senior advisor on digital economy of the cabinet of the Ministry of Small & Medium-Sized Businesses and Digital Economy.
From 2012 to 2015, he was the general secretary of Conseil national du numérique.
In 2015, he became a partner at the law firm FWPA Avocats in Paris.
Publications
Jean-Baptiste is regularly featured in the press and has a blogs in English and French.
He has published several public reports.
In 2005, for ETSI, he published [http://www.etsi.org/website/document/workshop/sosinterop/sosinteropiiibackground01.pdf a report on open source impacts on ICT standardization] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020232246/http://www.etsi.org/website/document/Workshop/SOSInterop/SOSinteropIIIBackground01.pdf |date=2007-10-20 }}.
In 2007, for Ségolène Royal, he published the report Republic 2.0{{Cite web| title=Vers une société de la connaissance ouverte | language=fr | trans-title=Towards an open knowledge society | url=http://www.ict-21.ch/ICT.SATW.CH/IMG/RapportRocard-2.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418092929/http://www.ict-21.ch/ICT.SATW.CH/IMG/RapportRocard-2.pdf | archive-date=2012-04-18}} under the direction of Michel Rocard.
In 2008, for Terra Nova, he published a report on the French HADOPI Law.{{Cite web|url=http://tnova.fr/notes/la-loi-creation-sur-internet-un-texte-coupe-de-toute-realite|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405025017/http://tnova.fr/notes/la-loi-creation-sur-internet-un-texte-coupe-de-toute-realite|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2018|title=La loi " création sur Internet ", un texte coupé de toute réalité | Terra Nova}}
In 2017, again for Terra Nova, he published a report on electoral fraud online.[http://tnova.fr/etudes/la-triche-electorale-en-ligne a report on electoral fraud online]
In 2018, once again for Terra Nova, he published a report on fake news.{{Cite web|url=http://tnova.fr/notes/fake-news-et-triche-electorale-en-ligne-le-nouveau-territoire-des-campagnes-numeriques|title=Fake news et triche électorale en ligne : Le nouveau territoire des campagnes numériques | Terra Nova}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/04/25/stopcovid-est-un-projet-desastreux-pilote-par-des-apprentis-sorciers_6037721_3232.html|title=" StopCovid est un projet désastreux piloté par des apprentis sorciers "|date=2020-04-25|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2020-04-25|language=fr}}
He has also participated in several books, including in 2005, when he published the French translation of The Future of Ideas[http://presses.univ-lyon2.fr/produit.php?id_produit=731 The Future of Ideas] by Lawrence Lessig.
In 2011, he published La révolution libertarienne des monnaies virtuelles[http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=article&no=24609 La révolution libertarienne des monnaies virtuelles] in Au-delà de la crise financière,[http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=35981 Au-delà de la crise financière] under the direction of Carine Dartiguepeyrou.
In 2012, he published 80 propositions qui ne coûtent pas 80 milliards,[https://www.amazon.fr/propositions-qui-co%C3%BBtent-pas-milliards/dp/2246790913 80 propositions qui ne coûtent pas 80 milliards] under the direction of Patrick Weil.
In April 2020, he co-published the forum entitles "StopCovid est un projet désastreux piloté par des apprentis sorciers" in Le Monde newspaper with sociologist Antonio Cassili and mathematician Paul-Olivier Dehaye, in which the authors claim that the French government is not authorized to consider treatment that will be made of this sensitive information resulting from COVID-19 contact tracing apps{{Cite news|url=https://www.laquadrature.net/2020/04/25/stopcovid-est-un-projet-desastreux-pilote-par-des-apprentis-sorciers/|title=" StopCovid est un projet désastreux piloté par des apprentis sorciers "|date=2020-04-25|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2020-04-25|language=fr}}
References
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External links
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- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.liberation.fr/economie/2013/01/20/jean-baptiste-soufron-un-monsieur-net-propre-sur-lui_875374 Jean-Baptiste Soufron, un monsieur Net très propre sur lui] (2013-01-20)
- Jean-Baptiste's [https://medium.com/@soufron/ English blog] and [http://www.soufron.com French blog]
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