--Facebook Inc. (FB) will give judges in France information to identify those suspected of using hate speech on the social media platform, the country's minister for digital affairs said, Reuters reported Tuesday.

--Cedric O, who met with Facebook's head of global affairs last week, said Facebook is "only doing it for France," the report said.

--Facebook declined to comment, according to the report.

 

Full story: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-tech-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-to-give-data-on-hate-speech-suspects-to-french-courts-minister-idUSKCN1TQ1TJ

 

--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 25, 2019 12:36 ET (16:36 GMT)

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