France – French comic Dieudonne was ordered by a French
court on Wednesday to remove two sections of a YouTube video he posted that is
considered anti-Semitic.
According to AFP the two sections of the video were ruled by
a judge as breaching the French law on denying the Holocaust and inciting
racial hatred.
Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was given five days to take out the
two sections of the video or pay 500 euros each day they are left online.
Stephane Lilti, the lawyer representing France’s Union of
Jewish Students (UEJF) brought forth the order and stated they are now asking
public prosecutors to make sure the ruling is enforced.
The UEJF said it will request talks with YouTube to discuss
legal obligations in the future.
YouTube has already removed one Dieudonne video but has not
commented on whether or not it will remove “2014 Year of the Quenelle,” the
video in Wednesday’s court ruling.
In the passage deemed as Holocaust denial, Dieudonne states
he doesn’t know anything about the gas chambers, and says he can organize a
meeting for interested parties with “Robert,” which the court agreed was a
reference to Robert Faurisson, who claimed the Holocaust never happened.
In the second section inciting racial hatred, Dieudonne says
he is not anti-Semitic then states, “I don’t know what happened, who provoked
whom, who stole from whom,” he adds before the punch line, “I’ve got my little
idea, but… you know.”
Dieudonne’s lawyers argued the comments were humorous but
the judge who said intentions of humor tested free-speech limits.
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