Facebook could be sued for censoring this 19th-century nude painting

PARIS — Facebook lost a crucial legal battle Friday as a Paris court ruled the social network can be sued in France over its decision to remove the account of a French user who posted a photo of a famous 19th-century nude painting.

The ruling by the Paris appeals court could set a legal precedent in France, where Facebook has more than 30 million regular users. It can be appealed to France’s highest court.

It means a French court will now be entitled to hear the case of Frederic Durand-Baissas, a 57-year-old Parisian teacher and art lover whose Facebook account was suspended five years ago without prior notice. That was the day he posted a photo of Gustave Courbet’s 1866 “The Origin of the World,” which depicts female genitalia. …

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Facebook could be sued for censoring this 19th-century nude painting

Out of special V-Day ideas? Try taking your date to this sewage treatment plant.

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UK firms that fail to address gender pay gap will be named and shamed

LONDON — Large companies will be required to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees under new plans announced in a report by the Government Equalities Office on Friday

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Firms with more than 250 employees will be forced to reveal their pay gap in a bid to increase transparency around gender pay differences. Companies that fail to address pay disparities between male and female workers will be highlighted in new league tables

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Setup tips for your new camera video - CNET

Here are six quick things you should do when you first take a new camera out of the box.

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Mario Woods died of at least 20 gunshot wounds, autopsy shows

Mario Woods, the San Francisco man whose fatal shooting by police was recorded in a harrowing video posted to social media in December, suffered at least 20 gunshot wounds and had a combination of drugs in his system at the time of his death, autopsy results showed Thursday

Woods, 26, died from 20 gunshot wounds to his back, head, buttocks, legs and hands, with an additional “probable gunshot graze wound” to his cheek, according to the autopsy report released by San Francisco Chief Medical Examiner Michael Hunter.

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Class action suit filed over iPhone "error 53" seeks over $5 million in damages and restitution

On Monday, we told you that Seattle law firm PCVA was contemplating the filing of a class baction suit against Apple over the “error 53” message that indicates that an iPhone has been bricked. Today, the law firm filed for a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. What causes this error message to pop up is the replacement of certain components in the Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus, with unauthorized parts installed by non-Apple repairmen.

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Class action suit filed over iPhone "error 53" seeks over $5 million in damages and restitution

Massive gas leak in Los Angeles finally plugged after 16 weeks

A blowout at a natural gas well that gushed uncontrollably for 16 weeks and drove thousands of residents from their Los Angeles homes was plugged Thursday, a utility said.

While the well still needs to be permanently sealed with cement and inspected by state regulators, the announcement by Southern California Gas Co. marked the first time the leak has been under control since it was reported Oct. 23.

See also: California gas leak is emitting 4.5 million cars’ worth of pollution every day

“We have temporarily controlled the natural gas flow from the leaking well and begun the process of sealing the well and permanently stopping the leak,” Jimmie Cho, a SoCalGas senior vice president, said in a statement. …

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This touching commercial features transgender acceptance for Valentine's Day

Graham-cracker Honey Maid has built a new brand over the past year or so around embracing the full scope of American families — making a point of featuring same-sex and interracial parents prominently in its ads.

A new online-only Valentine’s Day commercial will push that diversity even further with the first transgender person to appear in one of the graham cracker brand’s ads.

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The 90-second spot, part of Honey Maid’s “This is Wholesome” campaign by ad agency Droga5, forgoes the romance of the holiday in favor of showing a loving bond between families instead …

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Professor earns extra credit for his awesome extra credit questions

Finally, a frontrunner for Teacher of the Year emerges.

Imgur user SharkyTheSharkDog uploaded an album of hilarious extra credit questions included on tests and quizzes from one unnamed, benevolent statistics professor.

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Sure, you may not know anything about post hoc tests or degrees of freedom, but if you can answer a question about State Farm commercials, you might not fail.

Charitable professors like this one make the last-minute midterm cramming and the thousands of dollars of debt all worth it, don’t they? …

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