Ten people defended themselves in front of a Paris court last week against cyberbullying charges brought against them by Brigitte Macron, France’s first lady.
The defendants, eight men and two women between the ages of 41 and 60, are accused of sexist and transphobic harassment over a series of videos and posts that claimed Brigitte Macron was born “a man.”.
The Macron cyber harassment case is one of many being brought forward by public figures in France. The country criminalised cyber harassment for the first time in 2014, with a maximum penalty of up to 3 years in prison and a fine of €45,000.
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While some EU states, such as Italy, Austria, and Romania, define cyberbullying and harassment in their penal codes, there are only a handful of countries, including France and Slovakia, that have di
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