DJ Barbara Butch Files Legal Complaint Over Online Abuse

[ivn]

DJ files complaint over Olympics opening ceremony abuse https://t.co/dNo8M8IUGC
- BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 30, 2024
A French DJ who performed during the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony has filed a legal complaint after receiving abuse online. Barbara Butch took part in a drag queen sequence during the event which sparked controversy as

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[ialmrnt5]

also, im glad the usa doesn't have strict defamation etc laws

its kinda wild in some countries u can legally prosecute + police other people's opinions about you

like how does she say 'i wont be a victim' and 'i will sue anyone saying negative things baout me'

i feel worse for the guy who organized the whole thing who was attacked bc he was gay + jewish, i didn't see any personal attacks on her

the opening ceremony was kinda garish and there was a cheap ru pauls drag race thing going on-- it could have been a little more polished, i love drag queens and queer culture but it felt kinda cheaply corportately exploited or something imo

[para1]

Gurl. The last famous defamation celeb lawsuit went how? And how did it went in the US? And how did the same suit went in the much strichter UK?

After witness how they broadcast rape testimony live on TV, I don't want to hear how much better the US is with defamation lawsuits ever again.

[rabbitofalice]

its kinda wild in some countries u can legally prosecute + police other people's opinions about you
like how does she say 'i wont be a victim' and 'i will sue anyone saying negative things baout me'

it wasn't just an opinion, according to the post:
Barbara Butch "has been threatened with death, torture and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and grossophobic insults"

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Jeez

[theactualworst]

There’s negative opinions and then there’s threats of violence… I wish it was easier to prosecute or, at minimum, fine people for that. I’m tired of people feeling like it’s ok to be heinous shitbags online.

[anachan87]

"its kinda wild in some countries u can legally prosecute + police other people's opinions about you"

i see nothing wrong in our ex PM getting sued for calling a journalist a washed up prostitute on twitter.

[ialmrnt5]

sure that works but who gets to decide what is 'good speech' and what if that swings the other way?? slippery dangerous slope.. not worth it..

[jgedlittlepill0]

what