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 US social media giant Facebook on Monday said it had agreed with the French government to pay €106 million in back taxes for its French operations over a 10-year period from 2009, and to pay 50 percent more tax in the current year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200824/facebook-agrees-with-france-to-pay-106-million-in-back-taxes Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:00:02 +0200 facebook-agrees-with-france-to-pay-106-million-in-back-taxes Facebook said Friday that it will not pay French media groups to display photos or video and text excerpts alongside links to articles shared by its users, in defiance of new EU copyright rules. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191026/facebook-refuses-to-pay-french-media-for-links Sat, 26 Oct 2019 11:16:06 +0200 facebook-refuses-to-pay-french-media-for-links A French case blocked by difficulty accessing messages sent using US tech giants services highlights the growing clash between the European Union and the US over electronic evidence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190512/france-and-us-spar-electronic-evidence-in-investigations Sun, 12 May 2019 12:54:40 +0200 france-and-us-spar-electronic-evidence-in-investigations A French court has ordered Facebook to pay 30,000 euros ($34,000) over "abusive" terms-of-use agreements that people had to accept in order to access their social media accounts, the consumer group which filed the lawsuit said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190411/french-court-orders-facebook-to-pay-30000-in-france-over-abusive-methods Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:17:58 +0200 french-court-orders-facebook-to-pay-30000-in-france-over-abusive-methods Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190330/facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:47:35 +0100 facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections A French Muslim group announced on Monday that it is suing internet giants Facebook and YouTube for allowing the broadcast of a live video by the man who carried out the New Zealand mosque massacre. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190325/french-muslim-group-to-sue-facebook-and-youtube-over-new-zealand-massacre-video Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:28:18 +0100 french-muslim-group-to-sue-facebook-and-youtube-over-new-zealand-massacre-video EU finance ministers battled Saturday over a controversial proposal to slap a European tax on US tech giants amid rising worries that it is ineffective and protectionist. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180908/eu-ministers-battle-over-proposed-tax-on-big-tech-facebook-google Sat, 08 Sep 2018 16:58:20 +0200 eu-ministers-battle-over-proposed-tax-on-big-tech-facebook-google Fresh from saying "sorry" to European lawmakers, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds talks with Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday where he will face renewed pressure over his company's tax policies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180523/zuckerberg-in-france-facebook-chief-to-face-pressure-on-taxes-from-macron Wed, 23 May 2018 12:07:15 +0200 zuckerberg-in-france-facebook-chief-to-face-pressure-on-taxes-from-macron Facebook admitted on Sunday making a mistake after it banned an advert featuring French artist Eugene Delacroix's famous work, "Liberty Leading the People," because it depicts a bare-breasted Marianne, a national symbol of the French Republic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180319/facebook-sorry-for-blocking-french-masterpiece-over-nudity Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:16:46 +0100 facebook-sorry-for-blocking-french-masterpiece-over-nudity Facebook said Monday that it will train 65,000 French people in digital skills in free schemes to help women set up businesses and the long-term unemployed get back to work. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180122/facebook-to-train-65000-french-people-in-job-schemes Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:05:30 +0100 facebook-to-train-65000-french-people-in-job-schemes France's data protection agency on Monday told messaging app WhatsApp it needs to obtain users' permission to transfer some information to its parent company Facebook and gave it a month to comply. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171219/france-orders-whatsapp-to-seek-users-permission-before-giving-data-to-facebook Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:00:13 +0100 france-orders-whatsapp-to-seek-users-permission-before-giving-data-to-facebook France's data protection agency said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook for collecting information on users without their knowledge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170516/france-fines-facebook-for-data-protection-breaches Tue, 16 May 2017 18:19:54 +0200 france-fines-facebook-for-data-protection-breaches With just nine days until the French election, Facebook has announced that it has action against 30,000 fake accounts in France in its continued fight against fake news. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170414/facebook-tackles-30000-fake-accounts-in-france-as-election-looms Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:20:16 +0200 facebook-tackles-30000-fake-accounts-in-france-as-election-looms A man has been told to cough up after he insulted an eight-year-old boy on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170120/frenchman-fined-5000-for-calling-child-a-fat-pig-on-facebook Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:23:29 +0100 frenchman-fined-5000-for-calling-child-a-fat-pig-on-facebook US social media network Facebook has revealed plans to open a startup base in a new tech hub in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170117/facebook-to-open-startup-base-in-paris-tech-hub Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:00:51 +0100 facebook-to-open-startup-base-in-paris-tech-hub Two French groups say they have filed a suit against Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for allegedly failing to uphold requirements to delete content deemed racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic or defending terrorism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160516/french-groups-sue-twitter-and-facebook-youtube-for-racism-homophobia Mon, 16 May 2016 18:47:31 +0200 french-groups-sue-twitter-and-facebook-youtube-for-racism-homophobia French police are so annoyed their Facebook feeds are being overloaded with images of children posted by their completely gaga parents, who think their own kids are the cutest on earth, that they’ve called a halt to it. Well, not quite, but they do suggest the everyday practice be stopped. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160301/french-parents-told-dont-put-photos-of-kids-on-facebook Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:34:11 +0100 french-parents-told-dont-put-photos-of-kids-on-facebook A Paris appeals court passed a landmark ruling on Friday after deciding France has jurisdiction to judge a case against US social networking site Facebook which blocked the account of a French teacher who posted an image of a nude painting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/french-win-right-to-challenge-facebook-in-france Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:21:50 +0100 french-win-right-to-challenge-facebook-in-france France's data protection watchdog is taking a stand against Facebook in the name of liberté and has given Mark Zuckerberg's company three months to get into line. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160209/france-gives-facebook-three-months-to-step-into-line Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:48:10 +0100 france-gives-facebook-three-months-to-step-into-line The terrorist attacks on Paris in January and November were two of the most-discussed events on social media this year - not just in France, but worldwide, according to fresh figures from Facebook. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151210/video-facebook-remembers-tragic-year-for-france Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:56:42 +0100 video-facebook-remembers-tragic-year-for-france