Court says Facebook nude painting case can be tried in France

To be tried: Facebook, based in Palo Alto, California, had appealed against a Paris High Court's authority to hear the case but the appeal court said Facebook's claim was inadmissible. — Reuters

PARIS: A French court ruled on Feb 12 that a case against social networking company Facebook over a painting of a nude woman can be tried in France, rejecting Facebook's argument that it is governed by Californian law.

Facebook blocked the account of a French professor and art lover after he uploaded a picture of Gustave Courbet’s 1866 canvas The Origin of the World, which shows a close-up view of female genitals.