JURIST Guest Columnist Eeshan Mohapatra, a third-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, India, discusses the implications of the recently passed Online Hate Speech Bill in France... On Wednesday, French lawmakers passed a bill to regulate online hate speech in the country. The law seeks to impose a strict obligation on online platforms to remove offensive content, like hate speech, violence, or racism, within twenty-four hours or risk getting fined and blocked.