Self-ownership
A German court has just ruled that Facebook has a right to force people to use their real names, contradicting the Privacy Protection Authority of Schleswig-Holstein, that says the right to use pseudonyms is guaranteed by the German and European legislations on the fundamental right to freedom of expression…
Etre propriétaire de soi
Un tribunal allemand vient de confirmer le droit de Facebook à contraindre ses utilisateurs à utiliser leur véritable identité, contredisant l’Autorité de Protection de la vie privée du Schleswig-Holstein, pour qui le droit d’utiliser des pseudonymes est garanti par les législations allemandes et européennes protégeant la liberté d’expression…
The U.S. is bankrupt
One day, it will become necessary to thank the media and the Anglo-Saxon politicians, at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, for having talked so much about the euro crisis and the European integration difficulties…
Secularizing the State, finally!
If all the Churches are so upset over the issue of marriage for all, it is not so much because that the rights and privileges of the union before the mayor will thus be extended to couples of the same sex, but rather because religious authorities are horrified by the use of the word “marriage” in respect of this union…
Europe, the Groucho Marx version
British Prime Minister David Cameron, by asking to renegotiate the European Union Treaty, before giving Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, is applying Groucho Marx’s famous dictum: “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”..
