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France: Ruling by Constitutional Court that hate speech law is unconstitutional

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Ruling by Constitutional Court that hate speech law is unconstitutional

Ruling by French Constitutional Court declares new hate speech law as unconstitutional due to issues regarding technical definitions of illicit content for take-down regulation. The court challenge had been brought by French senators after the adopt…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2019-03-29
under deliberation

On 29 March 2019, the Bill aimed at combating hateful content on the internet was introduced in the…

2020-05-13
adopted

On 13 Mat 2020, the Bill aimed at combating hateful content on the internet was adopted by the Fren…

2020-06-18
under appeal

Ruling by French Constitutional Court declares new hate speech law as unconstitutional due to issue…

2020-06-24
adopted

On 24 June 2020, the Bill aimed at combating hateful content on the internet was signed into law. …

2020-07-01
in force

On 1 July 2020, the Bill aimed at combating hateful content on the internet is implemented, with a …