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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. Specifically, online platforms must not remove hateful content classified as illegal within 24 hours after receiving notification and do not risk fines of up to EUR 200’000 if they don’t remove the illegal content and EUR 20 million or 4% of the global turnover for insufficient flagging mechanisms. They must simplify notification procedures.

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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

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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 …