France online hate speech law to force social media sites to act quickly

Sites that fail to remove ‘obviously hateful’ content within 24 hours risk fines

French MPs have passed a landmark law to fight online hate speech that will oblige social media networks to remove offending content within 24 hours and create a new button to enable users to flag abuse.

Members of the lower house of parliament voted 434 to 33 to adopt the law, which is modelled on German legislation that came into force last year. Sixty-nine MPs abstained.

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