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  French proposal would tax smartphones and tablets to fund cultural projects

  By T.C. Sottek on May 13, 2013 10:40 am + 48 comments

  Reuters reports that a new proposal delivered to French President Francois Hollande today would Continue reading…

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  Twitter snubs French court request for information on authors of hate speech (update)

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 24, 2013 02:07 pm + 40 comments

  Twitter has failed to reveal the authors of anti-Semitic tweets after a French court mandated the Continue reading…

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  Apple Stores in France banned from forcing employees to work late

  By Amar Toor on March 13, 2013 06:25 am + 199 comments

  A Paris court this week banned seven French Apple Stores from forcing employees to work night Continue reading…

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  Path allegedly geotagging photo posts even after users disable location services (update)

  By Chris Welch on February 1, 2013 04:07 pm + 30 comments

  In its settlement with the FTC announced today, Path closed the door on one privacy controversy, but Continue reading…

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  French government replaces 'hashtag' Twitter term with 'mot-dièse'

  By Chris Welch on January 25, 2013 09:50 am + 204 comments

  The word "hashtag" is an essential piece of Twitter lexicon, but officials in France have decided to Continue reading…

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  Twitter must identify the authors of racist tweets per French court order

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 24, 2013 01:14 pm + 58 comments

  A French court has ruled that Twitter must hand over user data to help identify the authors of Continue reading…

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  France considers tax on data collection in broader effort to capture revenue from web giants

  By T.C. Sottek on January 21, 2013 04:28 pm + 59 comments

  As part of its effort to raise more funds from web giants like Google, which are accused of using Continue reading…

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  French government tells ISP to stop installing ad-blocking software on its modems

  By Adi Robertson on January 7, 2013 11:32 pm + 26 comments

  The French government has told an ISP to stop enabling ad blocking on its modems, The New York Times Continue reading…

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  French ISP Free updates its DSL modems with an ad blocker that's enabled by default

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 3, 2013 12:50 pm + 67 comments

  French internet service provider Free has snuck a bit of a surprise into what would otherwise be a Continue reading…

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  Deezer hopes to find a partner to help break into the US market

  By Adi Robertson on December 21, 2012 10:07 am + 8 comments

  Deezer, a French streaming music service available in 160 countries, is looking at coming to the US Continue reading…