Editing Groupe Bull (section)

==Amesys controversy==

Amesys, a Groupe Bull subsidiary specializing in defense and aerospace-related systems and software, became embroiled in controversy in 2011 when it was revealed that it had sold an [[Internet surveillance|internet monitoring]] system to the [[Muammar Gaddafi]] regime of Libya in 2007.  The ''Eagle System'' was used by the Gaddafi regime to spy on citizens and foreign journalists.  On 12 March 2013 [[Reporters Without Borders]] named Amesys as one of five "[[Corporate Enemies of the Internet]]" and "digital era mercenaries" for selling products that have been or are being used by governments to violate [[human rights]] and freedom of information.  A judicial inquiry was opened by the French government in May 2012 following allegations of complicity in torture by the [[International Federation for Human Rights]] (FIDH).<ref>[http://surveillance.rsf.org/en/amesys/ "Corporate Enemies: Amesys"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326000431/http://surveillance.rsf.org/en/amesys/ |date=2014-03-26 }}, ''The Enemies of the Internet, Special Edition: Surveillance'', Reporters Without Borders, 12 March 2013</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904199404576538721260166388 "Firms Aided Libyan Spies "], Paul Sonne and Margaret Coker, ''Wall Street Journal'', 30 August 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203764804577056230832805896 "Life Under the Gaze of Gadhafi's Spies "], Margaret Coker and Paul Sonne, ''Wall Street Journal'', 14 December 2011</ref>  In March 2012 Groupe Bull divested itself of the Eagle System, selling it for 4 million euros to Nexa Technologies, a company run by a former Amesys CEO.<ref>
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|title =  Advanced Middle East Systems et Nexa vont faire le voyage depuis Dubai Billancourt
|date = 20 August 2013
|access-date = 2014-10-08
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