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French ruling on blocking porn sites put back for court to hear challenge on constitutionality

By Sam Clark ( September 7, 2022, 12:05 GMT | Insight) -- Judgment in a novel French court case considering whether to block access to pornographic websites has been paused for judges to consider whether the move would be unconstitutional. Pornhub and four other websites  submitted a “priority question of constitutionality” to the Paris Court of Justice in a hearing yesterday. The next hearing is on Oct. 4.The operators of five pornography websites have asked a French court to consider whether it would be unconstitutional to block their sites in a row over access by children....

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