France convicts three for tweeting "Let's burn the gays"

I wonder what pastor Anderson in the US, who recently preached to kill the gays and the video went on YouTube of it, would think of this. Again, I don't understand why YouTube has left that vile video up.

In this case it was Twitter. Three people in France have been convicted and fined for hate speech against gays.

A French court has handed out convictions for anti-gay hate crimes on Twitter for the first time, after three people used the hashtag “let’s burn the gays”. 

In what a major French LGBT rights group called a “significant victory”, three people were convicted in a Paris court this week after they accompanied tweets with hashtags including “let’s burn the gays on...“ or "#brûlonslesgayssurdu).” 

During the same period in August 2013, “#Lesgaysdoiventdisparaîtrecar”, or “gays must die because...”, was also trending. 

French LGBT charity Comité Idaho, which organises the nation’s International Day Against Homophobia, brought the case to court after it filed a complaint against the users for inciting hatred and violence on the basis of sexual orientation. more  

Twitter has so far not commented to news inquiries about why "gays must die because..." wasn't immediately taken down.