A STEP HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HATE ONLINE. ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DIGITAL, FACEBOOK HAS AGREED TO DELIVER TO FRENCH JUSTICE THE IP ADDRESSES OF HATE MESSAGE WRITERS.

The social network has just made a specific decision to France. According to Secretary of State Cédric O, Facebook has agreed to provide the French justice IP addresses hate messages on its network.

The Secretary of State welcomes this ” huge news “, “They told us (that) they would transmit the IP addresses for  the hate content online  that would be requested by the justice,” he explains. , quoted by Le Figaro . A step forward specific to France, which according to Cédric O, will allow the “judicial process” to “proceed normally”. 

Facebook used to deliver IP addresses to the courts only in cases involving  terrorism  and child pornography . Now, this cooperation extends to hate online.