Here's a compilation of the tweets in French:<p><a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2012/10/14/unbonjuif-un-concours-de-blagues-antisemites-derape-sur-twitter_1775233_651865.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2012/10/14/unbonj...</a><p><pre><code> - <picture of a jew in a concentration camp bed> #UnBonJuif
- A good jew is hard to cook.
- A good jew is a dead jew.
- <picture of ashes pouring out of a hand> #UnBonJuif
- A good jew is cooked well-done.
</code></pre>
Stuff like that. I'm at a bit of a loss for words; I feel a deep sadness about this. These are the French hate speech laws:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_France" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_France</a><p>The courts don't appear keen to convict based on the case history, and I'm guessing these guys will be acquitted.
It's my understanding that the content provider is only responsible for laws in areas where their data is hosted. Does Twitter have a data center in France? If not, how did this end up in French court?
OK so let me get this straight: Many French tweeted jokes about "#UnBonJuif" (translation: a good jew), then an organization called UEJF (Union of French Jewish Students) goes on a legal attack and manages to get Twitter to cough up the info on the "perpetrators" and now those users are facing jail time?<p>Two conclusions I can make here: France, despite being a proponent of "liberte", does not have freedom of speech. Secondly, don't insult Jews, even on the internet.