In a world first, Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts GlobeTechnology
France’s minister for digital affairs Cedric O said Facebook’s decision was the result of an ongoing conversation between the internet giant and the French administration.In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France’s minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday.
Following a meeting between Nick Clegg, Facebook’s head of global affairs, and O last week, the social media company has extended this co-operation to hate speech. Since his nomination as minister in March, O has made the fight against hate speech online a key priority through regular contacts with Facebook’s top executives, including founder Mark Zuckerberg.“It is a strong signal in terms of regulation,” said Sonia Cisse, a counsel at law firm Linklaters, adding that it was a world first. “Hate speech is no longer considered part of freedom of speech, it’s now on the same level as terrorism.
France’s parliament, where Macron’s ruling party has a comfortable majority, is debating legislation that would give the new regulator the power to fine tech companies up to 4% of their global revenue if they don’t do enough to remove hateful content from their network. Facebook has been called a social media monopoly by co-founder Chris Hughes, and calls for a breakup of the group have intensified.
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