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France: French hate speech law including content monitoring requirement enters into force

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French hate speech law including content monitoring requirement enters into force

On 1 July 2020, the Bill aimed at combating hateful content on the internet is implemented, with a reduced scope. The Bill was significantly reduced by a ruling of the constitutional court which rendered large parts unconstitutional due to free spee…

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

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 …