French Comedian Fined for Anti-Semitic Jibe

French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala was fined 22,500 euros on Thursday for a jibe against a radio journalist in 2013 suggesting that hearing the broadcaster speak made him think of Nazi gas chambers. Creator of the controversial "quenelle" gesture that went viral on social media two years ago, Dieudonne this week already received a suspended jail sentence for condoning terrorism with a joke about January's Islamist attacks on a satirical magazine and a Jewish foodstore in Paris that killed 17. Statistics show a rise in anti-Semitic acts, and President Francois Hollande last month urged Internet companies like Google and Facebook to help fight hate speech online.