Tips for Teachers July 8, 2021
A French court convicted 11 people of using the internet to harass a teenage girl for sharing details about her attraction to women. But what started the harassment? [The girl had specified “just not black or Arab women.”]
A few years ago terrorists in France attacked a and killed 17 people for using cartoons to depict Muhammad. Last year a in France was beheaded for using similar cartoons in a classroom conversation about freedom of expression. True or false? [True.]
When most of the French defendants said they did not realize the harm they had done, what happened to them? [They were found guilty. Their sentences were suspended, and they were to pay small fines.]
Are people responsible for what they write? Are social networks such as Twitter and Facebook responsible for what appears on their pages? What do readers think?