France passes a bill to stop hate speech online

05 July 2019
The plan is to make platforms like Facebook remove hateful content in less than 24 hours.

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Anders, 05 Jul 2019Like how Republicans are stereotyped as being racist. Shoul... moreYeah I'm not in USA so I don't know if what you say is correct or not

There's a difference between diffamation and disturbing facts. You can say disturbing facts but you should never be able to spread lies or diffamation

    AnonD-558092, 05 Jul 2019Problem is the wrong assumptions inflicted upon those group... moreLike how Republicans are stereotyped as being racist. Should that be made illegal?

      AnonD-762416, 05 Jul 2019It's not about that. It's about creating boundaries accepta... moreComparing opinions you don't like to murder. You're diluded. There is obviously a massive difference. Surely you can understand that

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        AnonD-863872, 05 Jul 2019While not really a topic worthy of gsmarena, all I can say ... moreProblem is the wrong assumptions inflicted upon those groups. That's the BAD discrimination that harms people and society. Those wrong assumptions are stereotypes. And those stereotypes can severely affect the ability of a person or a group to integrate in society. It is very important not to let those stereotypes spread and worsen. Yet those assumptions are complete rubbish. Still because it's a common belief spread everywhere, this affects you. Can't have a job, profiling, can't rent a home, can't get a raise or a promotion, being insulted or harassed... All this is illegal of course but who cares? You are from group X, X people are bad evil ugly dirty lazy likes to commit crimes etc... Yet neither you or any other X you know fits this description. You suffer from this discrimination that you don't even deserve.

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          AnonD-762416, 05 Jul 2019It's not about that. It's about creating boundaries accepta... morelmao. Define hate speech.

          Most of the time, it is someone else's belief/idea that goes against another one.

          In this case, anything non-liberal for FB and GOOgle.

          Both of them enjoy laws as platforms. When they start censoring stuff selectively beyond the usual trolling ones, they become a publisher.

          Different laws for that.

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            • 05 Jul 2019

            Anonymous, 05 Jul 2019Removing hate speech doesn't remove where the hate speech c... moreIt's not about that. It's about creating boundaries acceptable to a functional society.
            We don't allow murder just because murderers still murder, that's why we shouldn't accept ignorants spreading lies and hate on a massive platform like the internet.
            Just for clarification, a fascist is and will never be interested in "discourse", they're only interested in spamming lies. "Discuss" with them and they've already won.

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              • 05 Jul 2019

              Removing hate speech doesn't remove where the hate speech comes from. All this bill will do is push it into the shadows. It's not gone, it's just pushed into the shadows where it festers and isn't open for public discourse.

                Anonymous, 05 Jul 2019This is alm about stopping critisism of muslim mass immigra... moreYes. And pointing out corruption in politics or public life. As long as one isn't abusive and doesn't threaten to kill anyone, I don't really see the hate speech.

                I also find the sudden emergence of non binary genders strange. One can suddenly be arrested or censured for not being aware of how many genders there are (limitless apparently), and the appropriate words for referring to them (they change every few weeks).

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                  • 05 Jul 2019

                  Fist in the mouth like in tue communist regime. Censored freedom of speech. Neomarxist agenda.

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                    • 05 Jul 2019

                    Can people be mature, and simply just ignore those who are trying to mentally hurt them. Like wow. Do they need a bib and a pacifier, do they want me to wrap my arms around them. Or is this another way for Europe to make money out of the us. Another thing. this is Europe (specifically France) they got yellow jackets to handle all the haters.
                    Tune in on next weeks episode of "What did i just read"

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                      HovadoLesni, 05 Jul 2019Now you are very wrong there. I use internet for my daily t... moreIf you think universities teach you anything other than how to become a good employee and/or get a specific job (i.e. get the skills and knowledge necessary for a job), and how to function in society and maybe how to live a healthy life, you have much more things to learn. That's just training and extended parenting.

                      Wikipedia is editable by anyone and is a politically correct, controlled environment, that needs to follow certain rules - rules which make a vast range of information unsuitable for their website.

                      You won't find the hidden side of the world of knowledge (hidden in plain sight) by tapping just into mainstream sources of mainstream information. Internet giants control which information goes out and which is suppressed, and if you, for example, trust the search results you get on google/facebook/youtube/wikipedia/etc. you are only seeing one side of the picture - the side which is deemed "adequate" - and not necessarily the side and information which is the actual, factual truth.

                        Anonymous, 05 Jul 2019What a way to ironically divide people just because some pe... moreWe all know that the only diversity the left wingers don't care about is diversity of opinion. It's like how black Republicans in America get abuse from so called "liberals" for daring not to fit in the box they're supposed too.

                        "Fascists divide themselves into two categories: fascists and antifascists." - Ennio Flaiano

                          Anonymous, 05 Jul 2019It's almost as if govts have realized that pushing groups o... moreWell it's much easier to forcibly silence the people's concerns then actually listen to and address them

                          Like someone else said this is proper George Orwell 1984 level stuff. People are actually being punished by their governmenrs for thoughtcrime

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                            • 05 Jul 2019

                            its just a way for EU to take money from US big corps.

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                              Akinaro, 05 Jul 2019Hate speech by Facebook: "I dont like that movie" - HATE S... more“i disagree with you” - hate speech! ban

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                                • 05 Jul 2019

                                What a way to ironically divide people just because some people on the internet hold and expressed views different from yours.

                                  Net neutrality~~~

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                                    AnonD-863872, 05 Jul 2019again, who decides what fake news is? Do you want to spend ... moreWho decides what fake news is? o.O" idk mainstream freaking media perhaps?

                                      Anonymous, 05 Jul 2019The difference betwen you and I is that you use the interne... moreNow you are very wrong there. I use internet for my daily tasks. I use internet for my job. To connect with business I work for ( 70% of my job is online) and my colleagues.
                                      For my education, I study at the university, I spend countless hours on Wikipedia every week.
                                      For my entertainment. Watch YT/Netflix.
                                      To connect with my friends and family. FB/Instagram
                                      to follow people I'm interested in.

                                      You assumption was very wrong and Your opinion about others is very shallow.

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                                        Jason , 05 Jul 2019Google and Facebook are private companies, but they have pr... moreYes, similar problem to piracy sites "only" hosting links to stolen files. Still, FB and Google are businesses, and toxic environment is bad for business. Also, depending on the country, you might also call them public services - many public entities use them to communicate, and even when a disaster happens FB has a feature where you can mark yourself safe, for example. So they should have the same rules as public places. If someone goes to a theater and yells "Fire!" or insults people in a supermarket, they shouldn't complain when they get thrown out by security.