{"id":3224,"date":"2014-02-28T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2014-02-28T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T18:11:08","slug":"vive-le-facebook-libre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/vive-le-facebook-libre\/","title":{"rendered":"Vive le Facebook libre?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an English speaking resident of Ontario I will admit I chuckled\u00c2\u00a0when I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/facebook-exempt-from-quebec-s-french-language-law-lawyer-says-1.2554859\">this attempt <\/a>by the Quebec language police to control what a business owner&#8217;s Facebook page says or doesn&#8217;t say.\u00c2\u00a0 Language laws make no sense to me in any way, it seems to me that they only serve to make it more difficult for Quebec businesses to compete, but this particular attempt could make a bigger news splash.\u00c2\u00a0 It probably won&#8217;t result in a positive image for the Quebec government, either.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that I am not an educated commenter on this matter, nor does it matter one bit to me either way what happens.<\/p>\n<p>This will be an interesting one to follow, since there are lots of fun things that may come to light.\u00c2\u00a0 Somebody, somewhere is going to ask the question:\u00c2\u00a0 well where are Facebook&#8217;s servers?\u00c2\u00a0 And then the fun will begin again&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/vive-le-facebook-libre\/attachment\/46622142\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/vive-le-facebook-libre\/attachment\/46622142\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"you have no power here\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3225\" alt=\"you have no power here\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/46622142-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an English speaking resident of Ontario I will admit I chuckled\u00c2\u00a0when I read this attempt by the Quebec language police to control what a business owner&#8217;s Facebook page says or doesn&#8217;t say.\u00c2\u00a0 Language laws make no sense to me &hellip; 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