Facebook Agrees to Hand Over Hate Speech Data to French Courts

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 1:52am |

France just scored what it’s characterizing as a major victory in the battle to curb online hate speech—one that potentially carries significant implications for privacy and free speech online.

After several meetings between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and French President Emmanuel Macron, the social media giant has agreed to give French courts identification data of users suspected of hate speech, according to Reuters. This is a world first, and a big concession on Facebook’s part. Up until now, Facebook has given French courts identifying data in a limited number of circumstances [....]

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https://gizmodo.com/facebook-agrees-to-hand-over-hate-speech-data-to-french-1835869956