PARIS, June 4 ― Thirteen people went on trial in France yesterday for online harassment, including death threats, against a teenage girl who was placed under police protection after posting anti-Islam rants on social media.
She posted a second video in November, this time on TikTok, after the jihadist killing of high school teacher Samuel Paty, who had shown students controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed.“You deserve to have your throat cut,” read one. Another warned “I'm going to do you like Samuel Paty”. Investigators eventually identified thirteen people from several French regions aged 18 to 30 and charged them with online harassment, with some also accused of threatening death or other criminal acts.
France's staunch defence of the right to mock religion and its crackdown on religious extremists have sparked protests in several Muslim countries, where the French have been accused of stigmatising Islam.Defence lawyers argue that the 13 on trial are unfairly taking the rap for thousands of people taking advantage of the anonymity offered by social media platforms to settle scores online.
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