French court jails participants in online ‘mob’

In the country’s largest-ever cyberbullying case, the defendants aged between 20 and 49 were given sentences of between four and 18 months, half of them suspended, for sending hateful or insulting messages to Berdah (pic). — AFP

PARIS: A Paris criminal court handed jail terms on March 19 to 28 people who joined an online harassment campaign launched by a rapper against France’s “queen of influencers”.

In the country’s largest-ever cyberbullying case, the defendants aged between 20 and 49 were given sentences of between four and 18 months, half of them suspended, for sending hateful or insulting messages to social media star Magali Berdah.