Criminal inquiry under way to find source of Sarkozy affair rumours
Found on Times Online on Tuesday, 06 April 2010
A criminal inquiry is under way in France to find the origin of internet rumours that President Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, his wife, were having affairs.
Claims that Mr Sarkozy was having an affair with Chantal Jouanno, the Ecology Minister, and Ms Bruni with Benjamin Biolay, a singer, circulated on Twitter in February.
When Mr Sarkozy complained, the blogger was sacked and Michael Amand, the director of the site, was forced to resign.
Hello Streisand effect. Oh, and hello to abuse of power by a politician with fancy reasons like "fraudulent introduction of data into a computer system". Even a typo would be a criminal act then.