https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Google said Thursday it feared for free speech if France succeeded in forcing it to apply the right to have information about a person removed from its search engines not just in France, but worldwide. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160519/google-invokes-free-speech-in-french-fine-appeal Thu, 19 May 2016 17:18:55 +0200 google-invokes-free-speech-in-french-fine-appeal Data released by Facebook this week shows that there's been a meteoric rise in the amount of posts France blocks. The country is also ranked fourth in the world for the number of government requests made for info on users. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151112/france-cracks-down-on-illegal-facebook-posts Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:45:16 +0100 france-cracks-down-on-illegal-facebook-posts South African artist Steven Cohen caused a stir near the Eiffel Tower when he performed with a rooster tied to his penis by a ribbon. Here he tells The Local about the pain of being an expat in France, the symbolism of the coq, and why he’s actually "totally normal". https://www.thelocal.fr/20131002/france-art-coq-cock-french-art-south-africa-censorship-paris-eiffel-tower-expats Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:03:00 +0200 france-art-coq-cock-french-art-south-africa-censorship-paris-eiffel-tower-expats Tourists gasping and grinning up at the Eiffel Tower in Paris this week got a shock when a notorious artist emerged before them with his penis reportedly tied to a rooster by ribbon, and dressed in a corset and tights. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130911/cops-arrest-coq-walking-artist-at-eiffel-tower Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:18:00 +0200 cops-arrest-coq-walking-artist-at-eiffel-tower Hundreds of French Facebook users bared all this week in a protest against the social media site’s strict censorship of nude photos. But the “Day of Nude” protest was cut short early when Facebook's photo police took swift action. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130521/facebook-nude-protest-france Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:00 +0200 facebook-nude-protest-france Nearly one in five residents of Brittany favour independence from France, according to an opinion poll whose results have sparked a censorship row in the Atlantic coastal region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130129/brittany Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:57:00 +0100 brittany