France: French hate speech law including content monitoring requirement signed into law
Description
French hate speech law including content monitoring requirement signed into law
On 24 June 2020, the Bill aimed at combating hateful content on the internet was signed into law. The Bill was significantly reduced by a ruling of the constitutional court which rendered large parts unconstitutional due to free speech concerns. Sp…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2019-03-29
under deliberation
2020-05-13
adopted
2020-06-18
under appeal
2020-06-24
adopted