Twitter must reveal the users behind a series of anti-Semitic posts after a French court decided Thursday not to hear the company's appeal of an earlier decision.
Several French groups sued Twitter last year, demanding it reveal the identities of users who posted anti-Jewish messages. In January, the Paris High Court ruled in favor of the French groups, deciding the messages violated French laws against hate speech and Holocaust denial. Twitter consequently filed an appeal, which has now been denied.
Twitter told the BBC that it is considering options for further appeal. Meanwhile, the tweets in question have been blocked in France.
A Twitter spokesperson did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment.
Twitter has not previously complied with any of the French government's requests for information about its users, according to the company's Transparency Report. It does, however, comply with national laws in the countries where it operates: In Germany, where Nazi propaganda is outlawed, the company agreed with a government request to block neo-Nazi accounts.
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