Three of France's biggest newspaper groups are seeking to force Twitter to appear in court over licencing fees they say the social media site owes for publishing their content. While Facebook and Google have reached agreements with French publishers, Twitter has so far refused to negotiate.
The groups that publish the French dailies Le Figaro, Le Parisien, Les Echos and Le Monde, as well as several magazines and news websites, have asked judges in Paris to summon representatives from Twitter and its French subsidiary, they said in a statement on Tuesday.
