"A Paris court on Monday found ten people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron. The defendants were accused of spreading false information about Macron's gender and sexuality, including a conspiracy theory that she was born a man. Other comments including false information alleging pedophilia, which the court labeled "particularly degrading, insulting and malicious." Those charged included eight men and two women aged between 41 and 65."
"Macron did not attend the two-day trial that took place in October. On Sunday, she told French national outlet TF1 that the legal proceedings she launched are meant to "set an example" in the fight against online harassment. Tiphaine Auziere, Macron's daughter from a previous marriage, told the court that her mother "cannot ignore the horrible things" people post about her on the internet, adding that the posts also affected the French First Lady's grandkids."
A Paris court found ten people guilty of cyberbullying First Lady Brigitte Macron for spreading false information about her gender and sexuality, including a conspiracy that she was born a man. Some posts falsely alleged pedophilia, which the court called "particularly degrading, insulting and malicious." Defendants included eight men and two women aged 41 to 65, among them an elected official, a teacher, a computer scientist and two bloggers. Sentences included one order for cyberbullying training, eight suspended prison terms of four to eight months, and one six-month prison sentence. Brigitte Macron said legal action aims to set an example against online harassment.
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