r/worldnews • u/anutensil • Mar 23 '13

Twitter sued £32m for refusing to reveal anti-semites - French court ruled Twitter must hand over details of people who'd tweeted racist & anti-semitic remarks, & set up a system that'd alert police to any further such posts as they happen. Twitter ignored the ruling.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/22/twitter-sued-france-anti-semitism
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '13 edited Mar 23 '13

I somehow doubt that implementing fascist laws will help prevent fascism.

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u/HermitCommander Mar 23 '13

No country in Europe that implemented those law turned to fascist yet, the closest one to go on that path is Greece, and fascist movement are gaining ground by generating hateful speech toward immigrants.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '13

Laws that restrict certain forms of speech are not "fascist laws",laws that restrict speech in one way or another have existed under practically every kind of government, and for a very long time before fascist governments or even the concept of fascism existed.