France
![France wants to get rid of the Netflix button from TV remotes France wants to get rid of the Netflix button from TV remotes](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/netflix-button-remote.png)
France thinks that by removing easy-to-access Netflix button, it would draw audiences to French TV channels.
![Apple hit with €1.1 billion fine in France Apple hit with €1.1 billion fine in France](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/apple 0-official-logo-ONLYUSETHISONELOL.png)
Apple has been hit with a huge €1.1 billion fine by French authorities, while two wholesalers were also targeted with large fines in the country.
![Google to pay $1.1 billion to settle French tax case Google to pay $1.1 billion to settle French tax case](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/google-0-official-logo.png)
Google has agreed to pay almost a billion euros to settle a tax fraud case in France, which was initiated with a raid on its French offices four years ago.
![Uber fined 800,000 euro in France Uber fined 800,000 euro in France](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/uberpop-logo.png)
Uber has been fined €800,000 ($907,000) in France over its cheap UberPop service, a service that was banned in 2014.
![France demanding nearly $2 billion in back taxes from Google France demanding nearly $2 billion in back taxes from Google](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/Alphabet-Logo-Google-Android-AH-1.png)
According to the French finance ministry, the country is seeking $1.76 billion in back taxes from search giant Google, not the first time a European nation has demanded taxes back from the company.
![Netflix now available in France Netflix now available in France](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/netflix-new-logo-2014.png)
For the last few years, Netflix has been quietly and not-so-quietly expanding into Europe.
![Google fined €150k for ignoring French data protection watchdog Google fined €150k for ignoring French data protection watchdog](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/google-0-official-logo.png)
Google has been fined €150,000 by a French watchdog after it ignored a three month ultimatum to bring its privacy policies in line with French law.
![French organization wants to tax media giants like Facebook, YouTube French organization wants to tax media giants like Facebook, YouTube](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/CSA-logo.png)
French independent broadcasting authority, the Superior Council of Audiovisual, says it wants to tax all media companies so they can contribute to financing French culture.
![France fines Google over data privacy violations France fines Google over data privacy violations](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/france_flag.png)
French authorities have announced that they are fining Google over $400,000 for data privacy violations.
![France probes Apple contracts with mobile providers France probes Apple contracts with mobile providers](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/france_flag.png)
A French regulatory body is investigating conditions in Apple contracts with national mobile providers that sell its iPhones.
![France kills off its three-strikes piracy law France kills off its three-strikes piracy law](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/three_strikes.png)
A number of years ago, the French government enacted a new law that would punish repeat offenders for piracy violations.
![Google's privacy policies targeted in France, Spain Google's privacy policies targeted in France, Spain](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/google 0-logo.png)
Google has once against come under fire in Europe, with France and Spain probing its change to its privacy policies, made in 2012.
![France seeks ban on Amazon book discounts, free delivery bundle France seeks ban on Amazon book discounts, free delivery bundle](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/france_flag.png)
The French government is planning to introduce new restrictions that would stop Amazon from being able to offer discounts on books, while also offering free delivery.
![Twitter ordered to identify racists in France Twitter ordered to identify racists in France](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/twitter-logo-NEW-official.png)
Twitter has been ordered by a French court to reveal the identities of users who posted anti-Semitic tweets on the service.
![France to impose 'culture tax' on smartphones, tablets? France to impose 'culture tax' on smartphones, tablets?](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/france_flag.png)
The French government is reportedly flirting with the idea of taxing popular consumer electronics products as a way to maintain funding for cultural projects.
![France to make large investment in high-speed broadband for citizens France to make large investment in high-speed broadband for citizens](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/france_flag_euro.png)
Country to invest €20 billion for better infrastructure
![Google settles with French book publishers Google settles with French book publishers](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/Google-Inc-European-Headq-007.png)
Google has settled a long-standing dispute with French book publishers and authors over the unauthorized digitization of out-of-print works.
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![France to use new word for Twitter term 'hashtag' France to use new word for Twitter term 'hashtag'](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/twitter-logo-NEW-official.png)
France's Commission Générale de Terminologie et de Néologie has announced that they do not appreciate the term "hashtag" on Twitter and will ......
![Nexus 4 demand is way higher than Google ever imagined Nexus 4 demand is way higher than Google ever imagined](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/nexus-4-afterdawn.png)
Demand for the Google Nexus 4 is way higher than the company had expected or hoped.
As we have written multiple times here at AfterDawn, ......
![Apple Store in Paris robbed on New Year's Eve Apple Store in Paris robbed on New Year's Eve](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/Apple-store-paris-theft.png)
While police were otherwise occupied at more crowded areas, masked men robbed an Apple Store in Paris, France on New Year's Eve.
The thieves ......
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