French blogger fined over review's Google search placing

> Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

It's astonishing how backwards a seemingly modern country can be.

I think they [0] are getting Streisand'd [1] pretty badly

[0] https://plus.google.com/116041780482133327447/about?gl=uk&hl... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

While I don't agree with the way this ended up I really do sympathise with the owner of the restaurant or any other future owner for that matter. Things can get better on the side of his business but that article will stay there for who knows how long and, in these times, a few words on a website can bring a slow and painful death to a local business pretty easily. I could also be mean and start using such practices against my competition (not that it's not done already) chewing their customers bit by bit. I don't have a solution...just saying.

In the context of the EU this makes perfect sense. Leaving a bad review, regardless of the merits, is mean. Being mean should be illegal.