Consumer Group To Facebook, Twitter, Google: Speak French

Facebook may soon be looking for some French translators, as PCWorld reported that French consumer-protection group UFC-Que Choisir issued summonses to the social network, along with Twitter and Google, to appear before the Paris High Court due to unclear portions of their user agreements, particularly those portions that are not in French.

ParlezVousFrancais650Facebook may soon be looking for some French translators, as PCWorld reported that French consumer-protection group UFC-Que Choisir issued summonses to the social network, along with Twitter and Google, to appear before the Paris High Court due to unclear portions of their user agreements, particularly those portions that are not in French.

According to PCWorld, UFC-Que Choisir said Facebook, Twitter, and Google had not responded to letters sent by its lawyers last June expressing its concerns, adding that the three Internet companies’ terms and conditions are still “just as unreadable,” and full of hypertext links to pages that are not in French.

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