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Fast Forward French Court Tells Twitter to ID Anti-Semitic Users
A French court on Thursday ordered Twitter Inc to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic posts or face fines of 1,000 euros ($1,300) per day, as the social network firm comes under renewed pressure to combat racist and extremist messages. The order, requested by a Jewish student union and rights groups, concerned anti-Semitic material but…
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Fast Forward Mali Incursion Raises Risk to French Jews
France’s military involvement in Mali “significantly increases” the threat facing French Jews, according to the security service of the country’s Jewish communities. “The situation requires we raise the level of protection around our community and double the level of vigilance around synagogues, Jewish schools, community centers and gathering places,” said a communiqué by SPCJ, which…
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Opinion French Jews Picked as Most Loved — and Hated — Figures
The results are in from France’s annual flurry of end of the year polls to determine who is in and who is out, embraced or disgraced by the public. According to the newspaper Le Parisien, the nation’s most admired public figure is the singer and songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. More or less at the same time,…
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Fast Forward French Leader Warns of Resurgent Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism could destroy the history of French Jewry, the leader of France’s Jewish communities said. “Not long ago, the notion that resurgent anti-Semitism could endanger the presence of Jews in France would have been considered absurd,” Dr. Richard Prasquier, president of the Jewish CRIF umbrella group, said Sunday in Paris at the organization’s annual national…
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Fast Forward French Push Twitter Over ‘Good Jew’ Hashtag
France’s main Jewish student union asked a Paris court to order Twitter to divulge details about users who post anti-Semitic comments. Tuesday’s hearing came on the heels of a weekend of Twitter posts using the hashtag #SiJetaisNazi, or #IfIWereANazi, which was one of the country’s top five trending topics on Jan. 5. The court is…
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The Schmooze Gerard Depardieu Skips Court for DSK Role
French film star Gerard Depardieu failed to show up in court to face drink driving charges on Tuesday because he was preparing to play disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film, his lawyer said. The no-show means the case will turn into a full trial – guaranteeing yet another day in the spotlight…
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The Schmooze Brigitte Bardot Wants Russian Passport, Too
Former French screen goddess Brigitte Bardot on Friday threatened to follow Gerard Depardieu in asking for a Russian passport, in protest not at tax hikes, but at the treatment of two circus elephants. The animals, named Baby and Nepal and owned by a touring circus, are thought to be carrying tuberculosis and were ordered to…
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Fast Forward Gerard Depardieu Gets Passport From Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted citizenship to Gerard Depardieu, the French movie star who is quitting his homeland to avoid a tax hike on the rich, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The “Cyrano de Bergerac” actor bought a house across the border in Belgium last year to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires…
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