The businesswoman, in conflict with the rapper, accuses the social network of having continued to give the artist access to its services, “thus allowing him to harass her”.
Since July, a Parisian investigating judge has been investigating accusations against
Already a first complaint closed without further action
The businesswoman is in conflict with the rapper Booba, indicted since October 2023 in another case in Paris for cyberharassment against him. She accuses the social network of having knowingly continued to give the artist access to its services, “thus allowing him to harass her», According to a source close to the matter.
Magali Berdah had already filed a complaint in April 2023, but the preliminary investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor's office had been closed, “on the grounds that no offense was sufficiently serious“, explained the public prosecutor. In November 2023, she filed a complaint again, this time with a civil party, and obtained referral to an investigating magistrate.
This judicial information must allow “for justice to assess the role of platform», Estimated the plaintiff's lawyers, Antonin Gravelin-Rodriguez, Rachel-Flore Pardo and Elie Touitou, contacted by AFP. The period covered by Magali Berdah's complaint extends before and after the purchase of the platform by American billionaire Elon Musk. But critics accusing the network of serving as an echo chamber for online hate and harassment didn't wait for this change in ownership.
Layoff of 1,200 people responsible for moderating content
It is rare for proceedings for cases of online harassment to go as far as the French criminal justice system. In civil matters, Twitter was notably taken to court in France by six associations from 2020, and ordered in March 2023 by the Court of Cassation to detail its means of combating online hatred. Since its acquisition by Elon Musk, accusations linked to the lack of moderation of the social network have multiplied. According to the Australian regulator, the new owner of the network has fired some 1,200 people responsible for moderating content.
In the case of Magali Berdah, the social network is notably accused by the complainant of having ignored the alerts sent on the moderation platform or the formal notices issued by its lawyers.
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