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.
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