The video of the far-right youtuber featured the execution of an activist by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. – H. Sergeant / 20Minutes
Two days after the withdrawal, by the platform, of the video of the far-right youtubeur Papacito, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation, learned on Wednesday 20 minutes. Posted on Sunday, June 6, his twenty-minute tutorial entitled “Is leftism bulletproof?” ”, Was removed from the platform less than 24 hours later. This mock execution of a “voter of Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, produced in collaboration with Code Reinho, another figure of the far right online, has violated the rules of use of the site in terms of hate speech.
The preliminary investigation was opened for “public provocation not followed by effect to the commission of attacks on the life or the integrity of the persons” and entrusted to the Brigade of repression of the delinquency against the person (BRDP), said the Paris prosecutor’s office. Reported to YouTube and the Pharos platform, responsible for illegal content on the Internet, the video was however seen by more than 110,000 Internet users and since republished by other more confidential accounts.
A report to the prosecutor
The opening of this investigation comes after a report filed Tuesday, June 8 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s lawyer, under article 40 of the code of criminal procedure. In a solemn speech, broadcast Monday, June 7 on his YouTube channel, Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounced “shocking images” and pointed to “intellectual terrorism which always precedes physical terrorism”. Despite the removal of the video on the official Papacito channel, the leader of the rebels had announced his intention to take legal action.