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The French LGBTQ rights group that launched the grievance towards the streaming large, famous that whereas broadcasters are usually not accountable for offensive content material which will happen throughout a reside match they’re accountable for content material provided on replay.
A French homosexual rights group mentioned Wednesday it had launched authorized motion towards Amazon Prime for providing a streaming replay of a soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille that was marred by homophobic chants.
During the September 24 match between the bitter Ligue 1 rivals, 1000’s of PSG supporters chanted homophobic slogans referring to their opponents.
An AFP reporter overlaying the sport mentioned the chanting in PSG’s Parc des Princes stadium lasted round 10 minutes.
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Four PSG gamers, together with Randal Kolo Muani and Ousmane Dembele, got suspended one-match bans for additionally chanting insults directed on the Marseille gamers whereas celebrating their 4-0 thrashing of their opponents.
A lawyer for the LGBT Families group mentioned it had filed a prison grievance towards Amazon Prime for providing the sport on replay, noting that whereas broadcasters are usually not accountable for offensive content material which will happen throughout a reside match they’re accountable for content material provided on replay.
The grievance says that through the replay, “you can hear several chants from fans coming from the stands, some of which are distinctly homophobic in nature.”
Two different LGBT rights teams, Mousse and Stop Homophobie, have mentioned they may even be a part of the grievance towards Amazon for public insults and incitement to hatred or violence towards folks based mostly on their sexual orientation.
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the matter.
The 4 PSG gamers sanctioned final month over the chants — Kolo Muani, Dembele, Achraf Hakimi and Layvin Kurzawa — apologised for his or her behaviour, saying they acquired “carried away” by their thrashing of Marseille and promised in future to “respect our duty to set an example.”
PSG for its half was ordered to shut the Auteuil stand of the Parc des Princes for one recreation.
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The Rouge Direct (Straight Red Card) group, which campaigns towards homophobia in sports activities, backed the grievance towards Amazon Prime as half of what it referred to as the “fight against the trivialisation of homophobia in football”.
It mentioned that Amazon Prime had promised, following an earlier grievance this 12 months, to cease broadcasting homophobic chants throughout replays, and accused the streaming large of betraying its phrase.
A ballot printed in September by the Federation Sportive LGBT+ affiliation confirmed homophobia continued to be rampant in French sports activities, with 46 per cent of these questioned saying that they had seen homophobic or transphobic behaviour in sports activities.
Last season a number of Ligue 1 gamers refused an invite to put on rainbow-colored insignia on their jerseys as a gesture towards homophobia, a marketing campaign supported, nonetheless, by the overwhelming majority of gamers.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
