France cracks down on hate speech as Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands


France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism Wednesday as the "survivor issue" of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo sold out in newsstands across the country.

+ French authorities arrested notorious anti-Semetic comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala for being an "apologist of terrorism," the Guardian reports, along with 53 others.

Mic's Jordan Valinsky: "Just a few days after millions of activists and dozens of world leaders banded together in defense of free speech in the wake of theCharlie Hebdo massacre, French authorities are already redefining how 'free' free speech actually is."

+ Twitter users are already pushing back against France's hypocrisy on free speech with the hashtag #JeSuisDieudonne.

+ Meanwhile, an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the brutal attack that left 12 dead last week.

+ Politicians in the U.S. and Europe are already using the Charlie Hebdomassacre to push for more domestic surveillance of innocent citizens.

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