The controversial "right to be forgotten" rule, which allows Europeans to have more control over what is discoverable about them on the Internet, is again the subject of debate in France. France's ...

Google is navigating some complicated waters when it comes to news, with the tech giant deciding to pay publishers based in France while threatening to leave Australia for insisting on the same.

LONDON (AP) — French regulators on Thursday fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros ($226 million) for not making it as easy for people to opt out of online tracking as it is ...

In a never-ending saga between Google and France’s competition authority over copyright protections for news snippets, the Autorité de la Concurrence announced a €250 million fine against the tech ...

European standards on privacy, especially when it comes to the Internet, have far outstripped those of the United States and the rest of the world. Just last week, France instituted its own version of ...

Late last year, Google announced a new Shopping experience and homepage that first launched in India. The Google Shopping site has now been spotted in France with its new icon, Material Theme design, ...

Good news for virtual tourists or natives who can't keep their Parisian arrondisments straight: Google Maps Street View has come to France. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Half a world away, the Internet as it currently operates just withstood a massive test. Last week, France's second biggest Internet service provider, Free, turned on ad-blocking software for its 5.2 ...