Editorial Statement from Screen Watch magazine published by GWA 
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Since the publication on November 18 of the IFOP survey on “the relationship to Islam and Islamism among Muslims in France,” our magazine Screen Watch /Écran de Veille has been the target of threats, slander, disinformation campaigns, and intimidation that gravely undermine freedom of expression and the free exercise of the journalistic profession.
Thus, an LFI Member of Parliament, Mr. Paul Vannier, stooped to the ignominy of posting on his X account a screenshot of the “Who We Are” page of our website, highlighting in blue marker the address of our editorial office, while conflating our secular, republican, progressive magazine with what he calls “the Islamophobic agenda of the far right.” In doing so, a national representative has metaphorically placed a target on the backs of our journalists by deliberately exposing our address and associating us with “Islamophobes.”
Given the extremely tense context caused by this endangerment and by the aggressive reactions to the survey IFOP conducted for our magazine, we have taken the following decisions to ensure the integrity and safety of our journalists:
1. We have instructed all members of our editorial team not to return to our offices located at the now-exposed address, asking them to telework while we transfer the editorial staff to temporary and anonymized offices.
2. We have reported these actions to the President of the National Assembly as well as to the specialized services of the Ministry of the Interior, which have implemented police monitoring around our offices.
3. We have decided to file a complaint against LFI MP Paul Vannier for incitement to murder and endangerment. It should be noted that this MP is part of the legislature that passed Law No. 2024-247 of March 21, 2024, which punishes with three years of imprisonment and a €45,000 fine the act of “revealing, disseminating, or transmitting by any means whatsoever information relating to the private, family, or professional life of a person that allows them to be identified or located for the purpose of exposing them or their family members to a direct risk of harm to person or property that the perpetrator could not have ignored…”
It is, to say the least, surprising that lawmakers vote on laws only to then freely disregard them.
These accusations have given rise to smear and slander campaigns targeting our review, accused of being an Islamophobic outfit or of foreign interference — allegations that are entirely defamatory and will be subject to legal action — as well as against two of our columnists, Nora Bussigny and Emmanuel Razavi. They have been odiously attacked in an attempt to discredit their remarkable journalistic work and their courageous testimony before a parliamentary commission. We reaffirm here our full support and solidarity with them.
ATMANE TAZAGHART, founder and publishing director.
MARTINE GOZLAN, editor-in-chief.