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Yahoo! Not Protected From French Anti-Nazi Laws

Posted by timothy on from the they-must-hate-speech dept.

snoopsk writes "An appeals court ruled that Yahoo is not protected from French legal attacks due to Nazi-related items sold on Yahoo's auction site. Backed by the ACLU, Yahoo intends to defend its First Amendment rights should a French court try to enforce French anti-hate laws. This case could have huge implications for free speech online if the French courts are successful in forcing Yahoo to remove this content.
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  1. Pointless laws by PCM2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, those French anti-Nazi laws seem to be working real well.

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  2. Re:Here's a link by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Informative
    Why do most European countries insist on covering up any history of Hitler?
    They don't. Indeed, if you're German, a trip to a concentration camp is part of your schooling. Elsewhere in Europe, World War II, the roots of it, the rise of fascism and Nazism in Germany and elsewhere, the holocaust, etc, are required (compulsory) parts of your education.

    Don't confuse the sale and promotion of Nazism and icons thereof with trying to cover up what happened. Europeans do not want that regime glorified. That's why some countries have laws such as this French law.

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