<span style="color: #222222;">Members of the lower house of parliament in France today backed a bill giving online platforms just 24 hours to remove hate speech or face hefty fines.<br />''<br />'' It is the latest initiative in Europe to tackle online racism, anti-Semitism, sexism and homophobia.<br />''<br />''MPs voted by 31 in favour to six against adopting the bill tabled by President Emmanuel Macron's party. <br />''<br />''The Bill was modelled on a similar German law.</span><br />