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French Court Rules That Facebook Can Now Be Sued in France (thestack.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the the-french-didnt-surrender dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A Paris court of appeal has ruled in favor of a French complainant whose account was suspended, because he linked to an image of the 1866 Gustav Courbet nude 'L'Origine du monde', currently residing at the Musee d'Orsay. The appeals court not only agreed that the user's suspension by Facebook constitutes censorship, but the ruling itself negates Facebook's insistence that all legal challenges take place in its native California.

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  1. Re:Well... by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Much like Italy covered up all those naughty Renaissance and classical nudes for the Iranian delegation, because, you know, genitals are EVIL!!!!!!!!!

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