France delays signing of Internet pledge amid US pressure

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France delayed the planned signing of a pledge by Internet platforms to fight hate speech online amid pressure from the United States, a French minister said, adding that he was still hopeful the US will join the initiative.

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But no ceremony took place on Friday and Europe 1 radio said US President Donald Trump had pressured the chief executives of these social networks from signing the pledge publicly. “Diplomatically, it was sensitive to make US platforms come to Biarritz and sign something while the American president wasn’t there,” he said.

 

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