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38. Ibid.
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40. Emma Jane Kirby, ‘‘The Most Spied Upon People in Europe,’’ BBC News, February 28, 2008,
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27. Jean-Louis Fandiari, ‘‘RSS, He ´bergeurs 2.0, Liberte ´ d’Expression, Riposte De ´grade ´e: Cinq Dates
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28. CNN.com, ‘‘Yahoo! Loses Nazi Auction Case,’’ November 20, 2000, http://archives.cnn.com/
2000/TECH/computing/11/20/france.yahoo.02/.
29. Richard Salis, ‘‘A Look at How U.S. Based Yahoo! Was Condemned by French Law,’’ Juriscom
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30. ‘‘France to Block Child Pornography Websites,’’ Reuters, June 10, 2008, http://www.reuters
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32. De ´cision 99–416DC du Conseil Constitutionnel du 23 juillet 1999, http://www.conseil
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33. Privacy International, ‘‘PHR2004—Republic of France,’’ November 16, 2004, http://www
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34. Privacy International, ‘‘Leading Surveillance Societies in the EU and the World 2007,’’ December 28, 2007, http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597.
35. Act No. 78–17 of January 7, 1978, Journal Officiel de la Re ´publique Franc ¸aise [ J.O.] [Official
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37. Privacy International, ‘‘Silenced—France,’’ September 21, 2003, http://www.privacy
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38. Ibid.
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40. Emma Jane Kirby, ‘‘The Most Spied Upon People in Europe,’’ BBC News, February 28, 2008,
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