France moves to make companies block hate speech online
France moves to make companies block hate speech online
July 4, 2019
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have approved a measure
that is intended to force search engines and social networks to take hate
speech off the internet.
The measure adopted Thursday by the lower house of the
French parliament would require social networks to remove hate speech within 24
hours of a confirmed violation. Search engines would have to stop referencing
the content as well.
The provision, part of a bill on internet regulation,
targets videos or messages inciting or glorifying terrorism, hate, violence, or
racist or religious abuse. Violators could face hefty fines.
It prompted heated discussion in the National Assembly
over how to define hate speech.
French President Emmanuel Macron proposed such a law
earlier this year amid an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in France and
concerns about increasing extremist language online.
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