• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    Seven people in France have been arrested and charged for allegedly cyberbullying the artistic director of the Paris Olympics this summer, French authorities announced last Friday.

    The Paris prosecutor’s office said the arrests were the “first wave” in a series of prosecutions they intend to carry out in the aftermath of a coordinated campaign threatening Thomas Jolly, the mastermind of the opening and closing ceremonies at the XXXIII Olympiad in July and August.

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      I’m glad to hear that, at least somewhere in the world, there are consequences for making online threats.

      Here in the US it seems like they’re just ignored.

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        at least somewhere in the world

        The idea of “muh fReE sPeeCh” is an outdated, alien concept in every modern country. The US is the exception, as usual, not the rule

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    I will always remember the Gojira and Celine Dion performances. Just, fucking epic. The trolls have already been forgotten.