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Although the decision comes in the wake of a French court ruling that the company must not allow subscribers in France to view or deal in such items online, Yahoo said that they introduced the ban because they did not want to profit from items that promoted hatred.
The company denied being influenced by the French court ruling and backed this up by saying they still intended challenging it because it threatened their right to freedom of speech and expression.