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'Gay friendly' docs and lawyers listed in France

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:36:00 +0200

A French entrepreneur is tapping into a niche market following France's historic legalisation of gay marriage in May. He has set up a website that contains a database of "gay friendly" doctors and lawyers and says it is necessary to help gay people "assert their rights".

French plan to root out fake online consumer reviews

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:33:00 +0200

A French organisation plans to introduce a new regime for policing online consumer reviews in a bid to root out fake commenters by demanding they provide personal information before submitting product reviews.

France legalises 30,000 banned Internet domain names

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:15:17 +0200

French Internet authorities have been swamped by demands for domain names since a new law authorised the use of around 30,000 previously banned website addresses such as "islam.fr" and "internet.fr".