You're taking the problem from the wrong side. It had always been forbidden to advertise anything owned by a private company except in some news directly relat

You're taking the problem from the wrong side. It had always been forbidden to advertise anything owned by a private company except in some news directly related to it. "Iran is revolting on Twitter" is relevant. "DSK did epic shit in a hotel, follow the news on twitter" is irrelevant. It sounds like a national channel advising to buy newspaper X every time to get more informations about the story. While I personally understand both case, Twitter is a great communication channel, it's still owned by a private company, being quoted by a public channel. The CSA is fighting against my second example, which would consider Facebook and Twitter no more as companies but as public tools, creating a bloody mess : when should we consider a private tool as a public one ? That's what they meant by opening the pandora box. But of course, I strongly agree, crafting some absurd law is clearly a wrong measure but it's not absurd given the strict context we have here in France about national medias.