The Radical Group That Bombed Computers

In the early 1980s, a French anarchist group named CLODO bombed computer companies. They feared that the rising power of digital technology would eventually strip away personal freedoms and privacy from citizens.

Long before concerns about mass surveillance were mainstream, these neo-Luddites took drastic action in Toulouse to halt the spread of telecommunications. They targeted major tech giants like CII Honeywell Bull to protest the digital transformation of society. The group remained active for three years, proving that fear of automated control existed decades before the modern internet age. Their story serves as a fascinating look at the early resistance against the computer revolution.