(Radio France) A court in Paris on Wednesday convicted 11 people for harassing a teenager online over her anti-Islam videos.
The girl, known as Mila, was forced to change schools and accept 24-hour police protection following threats to her life in more than 100,000 abusive messages.
Eleven of the 13 people who went on trial were handed suspended sentences.
“Social networks are like the street,” magistrate Michael Humbert said as he handed down his sentences.
“When you cross someone in the street, you don’t insult, mock or threaten them.
“What you don’t do in the street, you don’t do on social media,” he added.
