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Alex Jones is a crackpot–but banning him from Facebook might be a bad idea

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Does that hold true for Europe?

Hate speech is extremely restricted in most democratic European countries. In France for example if you publicly deny the Holocaust you get to visit prison for some time.

> In France for example if you publicly deny the Holocaust you get to visit prison for some time.

In theory, it's 1 year in prison and 45k€ (and it's denial of any recognised crime against humanity), same penalty as provoking racial, religious or ethnic discrimination, hatred or violence; however the maximum penalties (and prison time) are rarely reached e.g. well-known far-right asshole Alain Soral only got a 6k€ fine for publishing and selling a poster ruled denialist, defamatory and inciting religious hatred against jews back in 2014.

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