A French court has sentenced a nursing student to three years in prison for allegedly “glorifying terrorism” on social media.
Zaiter said “46 days after an arbitrary and unjust detention for having denounced the genocide and expressed my support for Palestine in Nice, I finally find my daughter.”
The trial highlights France’s stringent stance on public speech and pro-Israel laws.
In the eyes of French law, it does matter, their freedom of speech is limited (UK is even worse in this regard).
I do however agree that freedom of speech and communication should be upheld to the highest possible degree, even when some may find it offensive or consider it hateful.
It is, after all, the foundation of western democracy and humanitarian values.
White supremacist dogwhistles aside… There’s never any actual real freedom of speech. It’s always political. This is just one current example but speech is widely attacked. Many people are being expelled from their schools, jobs, etc. Most people don’t even dare to speak out. I use this semi-anonymous account and I’m still worried about being attacked. The pro-genocide/zio narrative is the hegemonic narrative that will be violently enforced.