The Commission regulating the French election did not "order" the media not to publish the pirated emails - it asked them not to, with a "warning" that (as the article correctly states) “publishing information that has been obtained fraudulently is against the law."

None of the Paris papers of right, left or centre used the word "ordered", or any variation of it.  Words make a difference.  To violate an "order" brings consequences on its own.   That's not the case here. Paul Waldie of the Globe should know better.