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 Twitter has appealed a French court decision that ordered it to give activists full access to all of its relevant documents on efforts to fight hate speech, lawyers and a judicial source said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211002/twitter-appeals-french-court-ruling-on-hate-speech-transparency Sat, 02 Oct 2021 14:53:46 +0200 twitter-appeals-french-court-ruling-on-hate-speech-transparency A Paris court on Thursday ordered Twitter to change its smallprint, according to a consumer group which accused the tech giant of having "abusive" clauses in its terms and conditions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180810/french-court-orders-twitter-to-change-smallprint-over-abusive-methods Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:32:23 +0200 french-court-orders-twitter-to-change-smallprint-over-abusive-methods A major hacking attack on Wednesday saw a number of high-profile French Twitter accounts defaced by pro-Turkey supporters. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170315/pro-turkey-hackers-take-over-high-profile-french-twitter-accounts Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:00:25 +0100 pro-turkey-hackers-take-over-high-profile-french-twitter-accounts Twitter has helped reveal some everyday "problems" of living in France, including the danger of becoming addicted to cheese. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170124/france-problems-according-to-twitter Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:05:47 +0100 france-problems-according-to-twitter Some said au revoir and good riddance, while others were more supportive in France following the historic Brexit vote. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160624/mixed-reaction-from-the-french-as-uk-votes-for-brexit Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:13:38 +0200 mixed-reaction-from-the-french-as-uk-votes-for-brexit 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 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 A French lawyer, who was banned from tweeting about the job has slammed legal authorities and defended his "right to a sense of humour". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150924/french-lawyer-slapped-with-social-media-ban Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:06:51 +0200 french-lawyer-slapped-with-social-media-ban France's ecology minister has explained why she tweeted to the US president to congratulate him on his engagement - even though Obama has been married for 22 years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150817/french-minister-speaks-out-on-obama-engagement-gaffe Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:26:19 +0200 french-minister-speaks-out-on-obama-engagement-gaffe Social media users in France described on Thursday how they have had to deal with a raft of misconceptions about the French that were revealed as the hashtag "GrowingUpFrench" soared to the top of Twitter trends. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150716/twitter-problems-delights-of-growing-up-french Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:25:54 +0200 twitter-problems-delights-of-growing-up-french France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has held on to his crown as the world's most connected foreign minister on Twitter, an annual study on world leaders tweeting habits has revealed. But when it comes to followers, President François Hollande lags well behind his peers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150428/french-foreign-minster-holds-crown-of-twitter-king Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:49:11 +0200 french-foreign-minster-holds-crown-of-twitter-king French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met Friday with Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter to discuss ways to thwart terrorists from using the platforms as stages for propaganda. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150221/france-wants-facebook-google-help-to-fight-terror Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:09:00 +0100 france-wants-facebook-google-help-to-fight-terror Since the Paris shootings numerous people have been hauled before a judge or spoken to by police for expressing support for the terrorists, often in a drunken state. From an eight-year-old boy to an outspoken comic, here's a look at how they fell foul of the law. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150129/what-you-cant-say-in-post-terror-attacks-france Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:13:00 +0100 what-you-cant-say-in-post-terror-attacks-france Three French Twitter users were fined this week for sending tweets that included homophobic hashtags. It's the first time a French court has handed out convictions for homophobic abuse on Twitter. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150121/twitter-homophobic-france Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:04:00 +0100 twitter-homophobic-france The social media giant Facebook can be credited with creating 78,000 jobs in France last year, according to a recent study by the audit company Deloitte. The figure has nearly tripled in two years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150120/facebook-jobs-france Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:34:00 +0100 facebook-jobs-france Twitter users in France have called on the social network to act after supporters of the terrorists started using the hashtag #JeSuisKouachi (‘I am Kouachi’). However, the popularity of the hashtag was boosted when appalled opponents also started using it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150110/french-twitter-disgust-over-i-am-kouachi-hashtag Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:04:00 +0100 french-twitter-disgust-over-i-am-kouachi-hashtag A French Twitter user from the northern city of Lille has quite literally had to eat her words after she offered to treat her followers with the Burger King meal of their choice if the fast-food chain came to her city. This week, Burger King personally replied it was doing just that. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150102/french-tweeters-burger-king-challenge-backfires Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:59:00 +0100 french-tweeters-burger-king-challenge-backfires Money is now only a tweet away for French people, after a bank in the country launched a novel way to transfer money on the social networking platform. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141015/french-bank-twitter-money Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:42:45 +0200 french-bank-twitter-money The Local France has been asking readers this week to squeeze their view of France into just 140 characters or less, in other words just one tweet. Here's what you came up with up for #FranceinaTweet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140814/france-squeezed-into-just-one-tweet Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:38:00 +0200 france-squeezed-into-just-one-tweet Victor Hugo may be a national treasure in France, but he’s not appreciated by thousands of teens forced to write about his poems for the school leaving exam this week. In fact, they’ve taken to Twitter to bash the Les Miserables author, in the strongest terms. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140619/french-student-trash-victor-hugo-on-twitter Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:55:00 +0200 french-student-trash-victor-hugo-on-twitter