A new bill to tackle online hate speech will be put forward in May, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced.
Speaking at an annual dinner for the umbrella association of Jewish organisations in France (CRIF), Macron said a similar bill already in force in Germany was efficient and pragmatic.
The German law states hate speech must be removed from websites within 24 hours of being reported and can attract millions of euros in fines.
The president also said he had asked Interior Minister Christophe Castaner to dissolve groups or associations that incite hatred or violence.
The number of anti-Semitic attacks has jumped in France recently, rising by 74 per cent year on year in 2018 to reach 541.
On Tuesday, Macron visited a Jewish graveyard in the Alsace region where eighty gravestones were vandalised and painted with swastikas, while thousands across France demonstrated against anti-Semitism.
He also said France would adopt a definition of anti-Semitism that includes anti-Zionism and is the preferred definition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, a move greeted by the World Jewish Congress.
The definition has been the source of controversy, with critics saying it stifles freedom of speech and legitimate criticism of the government of Israel.
Australian Associated Press