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April 14, 2018 by Paul Fletcher

French companies like Facebook and Twitter, which are owned largely by China, are also on a mission to combat online hate speech. After the Paris attacks, it was reported that the FBI is considering using the same methods to find people willing to join a Facebook group.

The idea of a French-French Internet as a tool for policing online hate speech on the street can seem like a pipe dream. But that's still not quite true.

France's top court has already found that, while it is legal to ban all online comments in France, the government has not actually given any indication how it plans to enforce the rule.

According to the French Supreme Court, the police are supposed to take into account a number of factors such as whether the person is a target and whether he or she is acting on behalf of a political party.

And while the government says it does not have an obligation to impose a blanket ban on specific online comments, its own rules do give it some authority. The National Council of the Socialists of France has already said that it would take a position on this.

The decision is expected to be decided on Wednesday, according to the Guardian, as it marks a major shift in French law that has caused controversy online since it was issued.

And, as the Guardian reports, the new French law could also create a national anti-discrimination law that wouldn't be available to the United States.

The new law would also include a requirement that French employees in the United States and other countries be screened before they are allowed online, a requirement that is already being challenged in the European Union.

However, it would be hard for the government to convince companies to take the lead in the fight against online hate speech, which is largely driven by the social media company.

And then there's the question of who will ultimately take on the task of policing online hate speech.

The French government has repeatedly denied the government's allegations that it has ever banned Facebook employees from using Facebook, despite its own ban on the group's Twitter account and a government directive that it do not allow companies from China, where China is the largest user of Facebook. This, as well as the ban on French Twitter accounts, make the Twitter account of Facebook a target. But even while it could make any company aware of the social network's activities, it would be hard to determine who will be able to ban Twitter users.

And that's where the new law comes in.