That's a shady article and source. If Google has offices in France, and they probably do, then Google must respect French laws. A country has sovereignty over

That's a shady article and source. If Google has offices in France, and they probably do, then Google must respect French laws. A country has sovereignty over its territory, which means that if you want to operate under it, you must respect its laws. Don't know what happened with that lawsuit you mentioned, but if Google won, then it must have been because it was a stupid lawsuit.