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It could be a continuous crime, online publication crime are continuous in French law.

• rebuilder 8y ago
  Does that mean that failure to take down an article is criminal if posting that article would now be criminal?
  • pygy_ 8y ago
    No idea, but the period of prescription starts when a libelous/harassing item is taken down. I learned this because of a recent scandal where numerous, well connected, French journalists were operating coordinated 4chan-like online raids and IRL harassment on colleagues they didn't like. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue_du_LOL https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue_du_LOL — Literally the "League of LOL"
  • nraynaud 8y ago
    I guess so, and the fine would be proportional to how long it has been illegal.
• thiefmeister 8y ago
  It is a continuous crime. Ressa and her company were requested to take down the libelous article but they didn't heed it.