The French government has decided to ban the use of video conferencing platforms associated with the USA—Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams—for work-related matters by civil servants. This was reported by the publication Zamon.uz here.
The decision was made at a time when concerns are growing in Europe about state structures becoming overly dependent on US technology.
According to an official directive prepared by the Prime Minister's office, all civil servants will now be required to use the Visio video conferencing system, developed in France. This platform was created by the Interministerial Digital Directorate (Dinum) and operates on the infrastructure of the French company Outscale. The document is expected to be officially announced in the coming days.
Minister for Public Transformation David Amiel stated on Sunday that France aims to fully transition to a national video conferencing platform by 2027. Previously, in the summer of 2025, the government also restricted the use of WhatsApp and Telegram, moving civil servants exclusively to a special messenger called Tchap.
Currently, the Visio system is used by nearly 40,000 employees, including most ministries and the French National Centre for Scientific Research. Dinum plans to increase the number of users to 250,000. The agency will also monitor compliance with the transition process and may technically restrict access to other foreign video platforms via the state internet network in the future.
