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Subject Twitter Ordered by French Court to Turn Over Data on Racist Users

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Twitter has been ordered by a French court to hand over the names and other identifying data of users issuing tweets deemed racist.

AFP reported that the ruling given Thursday came after months in court with the case brought on in October by France’s Union of Jewish Students (UEJF). UEJF’s position was that some tweets, especially those with the hashtag #unbonjuif (#agoodjew), were violating French law.

The French case is also part of a brewing fight between the United States and Europe over the data controlled by American Web companies and stored in the cloud. European lawmakers worry about American companies sharing data about Europeans with the United States government under American laws that authorize surveillance on foreign citizens. This case flips that objection on its head, with European authorities seeking information on its citizens from an American company.

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