Jean-Baptiste Soufron

Jean-Baptiste Soufron
Jean-Baptiste Soufron in 2010
Born	(1978-04-06) April 6, 1978 (age 40) Bordeaux, France
Occupation	lawyer

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, born 6 April 1978 at Bordeaux, France, is a lawyer and writer. He has been an advisor to the French Government and the former General Secretary of the French National Digital Council (2012–2015).

Soufron graduated from La Sorbonne. He translated The Future of Ideas, a book by Lawrence Lessig into French. He was a consultant for free software and open source companies in 2006.

In 2002, he was a co-founder of and the lawyer for Ligue Odebi, a collective dedicated to defend French internet users in front of the LCEN and DAVDSI bills. In 2004, he was a co-founder of and the lawyer for Audionautes, a nonprofit dedicated to defend internet users threatened by the music industry.

In 2006, during the presidential campaign, he worked with Michel Rocard as one of the authors of the Republic 2.0 report for Ségolène Royal.

In 2010, Soufron was director of the think tank of Cap Digital. He has been writing on open innovation and digital culture in Esprit, and on Internet politics in Dissent. He founded several startups such as Amusement Magazine and the review website nonfiction.fr. As a journalist, he co-hosted the live shows Minuit/Dix and Le Rendez-Vous on France Culture.

In 2012, he worked along with Fleur Pellerin, an advisor of candidate François Hollande, on the digital economy.

In 2012, after the election, he became Senior Advisor on Digital Economy at the Cabinet of the Minister of Small & Medium-Sized Businesses and Digital Economy.