French Court Orders Twitter To Reveal Anti-Hate Speech Efforts

Twitter's France unit has been asked to give activists full access to all of its documents relating to its efforts to fight racism, sexism and other forms of hate speech.

A French court on Tuesday ordered Twitter to give activists full access to all of its documents relating to its efforts to fight racism, sexism and other forms of hate speech on the social network. Six anti-discrimination groups had taken Twitter to court in France last year, accusing the US social media giant of "long-term and persistent" failures in blocking hateful comments from the site. The Paris court ordered Twitter to grant the campaign groups full access to all documents relating to the company's efforts to combat hate speech since May 2020. The ruling applies to Twitter's global operation, not just France. Twitter must hand over "all administrative, contractual, technical or commercial documents" detailing the resources it has assigned to fighting homophobic, racist and sexist discourse on the site, as well as "condoning crimes against humanity".