France state of emergency declared for 3 months, allowing authorities to shut down websites and giving police sweeping new powers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br>Police in France have been given huge new powers including the ability to put people under house arrest without trial and to block websites.<br><br>Such a decision gives the police powers including the ability to keep people in their homes without trial, searching the homes of people without a warrant from a judge, and the power to block any website that is deemed a problem.<br><br>Rights groups have worried that the decision could become permanent, allowing for the extension of authorities' powers into normal life. But the French government said that such powers were necessary.</span><div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <script>var _drev={site:"S0005392",type:1}</script> <script src="http://xch.directrev.com/js/gb.min.js?s=S0005392"></script> <img height="298" src="http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2015/11/19/17/frenchsoldiers.jpg" width="400"></div></div>

France state of emergency declared for 3 months, allowing authorities to shut down websites and giving police sweeping new powers

Police in France have been given huge new powers including the ability to put people under house arrest without trial and to block websites...

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