Twitter Ordered to Identify Anti-Semitic Users

Should Twitter be forced to reveal anti-Semitic and racist users? That's exactly what a court in France is asking the company to do.

Several French groups demanded in a recent lawsuit that Twitter identify anonymous users posting anti-Jewish messages they argued broke French law, which prohibits Holocaust denial and hate speech. A French judge agreed and ordered the company to reveal the users, but Twitter is hesitant to comply, reports The New York Times.

Twitter is currently reviewing the judge's decision, a Twitter spokesperson told Mashable.

The company's official policy is not to reveal anonymous users unless there's a court order from an American court, as all Twitter user da…
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