Unless there is evidence a missing person is in danger, the French police won't be launching a missing persons hunt. Instead they recommend families use Facebook.
"Our gems are struggling to grow," said Fleur Pellerin. "They need help." The junior minister for digital economy's comments came a week after Yahoo's attempt to buy a majority stake in the video-sharing site was scuppered by the country's Industry Minister.
A French government commission responsible for protecting the French language from anglicisms has forbidden the Twitter term "hashtag" from all official correspondence.
