French 1st Lady Brigitte Macron Takes Cyberbullies to Court
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Defendants claim freedom of expression as prosecutors denounce a years-long cyber-harassment rooted in a hoax.View on euronews
WHEN right-wing YouTuber Candace Owens started claiming Brigitte Macron was a man, most of the French First Lady’s fellow citizens passed it off with a very Gallic shrug. Surely her
The claim was posted by an account called The General (@GeneralMCNews) who said: “BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron discovered that her tax account on France’s official government website listed her as a male under the name “Jean-Michel.” This post went viral with more than 8 million views as of Monday.
Update: A Paris public prosecutor requested suspended sentences of between three to 12 months for 10 people accused of cyberbullying against French First Lady Brigitte Macron as a two-day trial drew to an end on Tuesday.