
A Paris court has convicted 10 individuals for cyber-harassment of French First Lady Brigitte Macron. The defendants, eight men and two women, were found guilty of spreading malicious online claims about her gender, sexuality, and the age gap with her husband, President Emmanuel Macron. Sentences ranged from mandatory cyber-bullying awareness training to suspended jail terms of up to eight months, with one defendant receiving a six-month non-suspended sentence. The court rejected defense claims that comments were satire, noting the harmful cumulative effects of the posts.
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