Twitter Refuses To Identify Those Behind Anti-Semitic Tweets - But Should They?

Should those posting anti-Semitic tweets be protected by Freedom of Speech provisions in the U.S.? Well, Twitter won’t release user info unless compelled to do so by the United States government and the U.S. either has freedom of speech or it doesn’t (it does) – so, yes.

And this fact is REALLY getting under the skin of some students (and their lawyer) in France.

The Daily Mail reports that the “Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) and three other similar groups took Twitter to a French court asking them to hand over the names of all those responsible so they can be prosecuted.”

‘Because it does not take the necessary measures to identify where the tweets come from, Twitter is offering a platform to racism and anti-Semitism,’ said Jonathan Hayoun, the president of the Union of French Jewish Students (UEJF), in a statement on Monday.

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