Question 16120 — animals

Summary

Ms. Alexandra Martin (Alpes-Maritimes) draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Sovereignty to the worrying development of international networks for the distribution and marketing of videos of animal torture, a phenomenon commonly referred to as animal crushing. Recent investigations carried out by international media and by American judicial authorities have highlighted light the existence of structured networks within which sponsors, located in different countries, pay performers in order to torture and kill animals on camera, according to scenarios sometimes defined in advance. The content thus produced is then distributed and monetized through subscriptions or private groups on various digital platforms. This phenomenon is no longer a marginality confined to certain dark spaces of the internet. The international Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC), which specializes in reporting animal cruelty content online, has identified more than 5,480 pieces of content of this nature on the main digital platforms in a single year, totaling several billion views. This content remains accessible on services widely used by the general public, including by minors. The transnational structure of these networks, characterized by the geographical dispersion of sponsors, performers and content hosts, considerably complicates the action of national authorities. If French law punishes acts of cruelty towards animals as well as various offenses linked to their illegal exploitation, it does not seem to have a specific system allowing to fully understand the organized trade in audiovisual content of animal torture made to order and broadcast for profit. In this context, several French and international animal protection and wildlife conservation organizations are warning of the existence of a legal void likely to favor the impunity of certain actors in these networks. She therefore asks him what measures the Government intends to take take in order to better combat the production, dissemination, promotion and marketing of animal torture content online and what initiatives France intends to support at European and international level in order to strengthen judicial cooperation and the responsibility of digital platforms in the detection and removal of this content.

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