French official threatens to sue social media users who share burkini ban photoshttps://t.co/wOY6paYoKY pic.twitter.com/QU01OdGZKc
— Mashable (@mashable) August 24, 2016
This is not the first time France has pulled this stunt. They have a history of doing this.
This poster is from 1958 in Algeria. So, within living memory.
This was also during Algeria’s War of Independence, which was a horrifically bloody affair, with hundreds of thousands dead.