TikTok in turn is rampant. " Dieudonné's account has been banned from the platform, " a spokesperson for TikTok France told AFP on Wednesday, without detailing the reasons for this ban. The latter nevertheless wishes to remind that " TikTok has a very strict moderation policy and that all content that does not respect its rules is banned from the application ".
On June 30, the YouTube channel of the comedian Dieudonné was deleted, following " repeated breaches of the rules " of the platform. Then on August 3, Facebook decided to do the same, by deleting its page, followed by more than 1.2 million subscribers, as well as its Instagram account. The social network had justified this decision by evoking “ content making fun of the victims of the Shoah ” and “ dehumanizing terms against the Jews ”.
“ In accordance with our policy on dangerous individuals and organizations, we have permanently banned Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala from Facebook and Instagram. Banning someone permanently from our services is a decision that we always scrutinize carefully, but individuals and organizations who attack others on the basis of who they are have no place on Facebook or Instagram ”, a Facebook spokesperson explained to AFP.
Approval of associations
Several associations and personalities have applauded TikTok's decision, like Frédéric Potier, the interministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred. Likewise, when Facebook deleted Dieudonné's accounts, CRIF described “ a decision that goes in the right direction ”, towards “ a safer Internet where hatred has no place ”. The Licra spoke for its part of a " great victory and the outcome of a long struggle [...] An anti-Semite has stopped broadcasting! ". The polemicist has indeed already been condemned several times for his hate speech. As recently as last November, he was fined 9,000 euros for "complicity in an anti-Semitic insult", after the publication of a video and a song entitled " C'est mon choaaa " .
Dieudonné is however still present on Twitter, where he has more than 150,000 subscribers. But this situation may not last, with Twitter also leading a hunt for hateful content. A few weeks ago, the social network notably deleted the account of David Duke, the former head of the Ku Klux Klan.