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France Bans Facebook and Twitter From Radio and TV

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-you-ban-it-from-the-web-too-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In France, radio and television news anchors are no longer allowed to say the words 'Facebook' and 'Twitter' on air, unless the terms are specifically part of a news story. The ban stems from a decree issued by the French government on March 27, 1992, which forbids the promotion of commercial enterprises on news programs."

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  1. This is normal throughout (large) parts of Europe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Product placement is not allowed in state channels, commercial websites are just that, products.

  2. Re:This is normal throughout (large) parts of Euro by sco08y · · Score: 4, Informative

    Product placement is not allowed in state channels, commercial websites are just that, products.

    And in Europe, it's taken for granted that this is a reasonable restriction and that the idea of state channels is reasonable.

    Most Americans (and probably a lot of Euros) don't grasp that European leftism != American leftism and European rightism != American rightism. There are strong parallels in abstract, but as you cross the pond you see a fundamental change in the cultural gestalt of the relationship between the state and the individual.

  3. France has stronger anti-ads policy than US by Trigger31415 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some examples : -Logos of trademarks that appear in music clip (and the rest) must be blurred. -A video announcer cannot promote his own book (example: this can't happen Glen Beck. Oh, and btw, his analysis of the French riots of 2005 is completely false, ofc. Hello FUD). -Trailers of films cannot be broadcast on TV as ads (only during emission about cinema) Generally speaking this comes from the same law: "No Hidden advertising" You have other reglementations, like 'in average, 6min of ads / hr max', and 'no too noisy ads' (wasn't that a recent proposition from Obama?). More recently, it was decided to stop broadcasting of all advertising on gvt-owned TV channels, which usually account for more than 50% of hearing. Whether you like or not those laws, comparing them to the Freedom Fries stuff is stupid, and shows that the author ignores French culture...

  4. High Unemployment in France by mosb1000 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also, contrast the life of the average Frenchman to ours. They live longer, have more free time, have medical and JOBS.

    Actually, the unemployment rate in France is higher than in the US (9.5% vs. 8.7%), and it is very difficult for young people to find jobs there. If you recall, there was a major bout of riots in 2009 over it, and smaller riots have been occurring since then.

    Just think if we would have followed the French's lead on Iraq, we wouldn't have invaded and wasted trillions of dollars in a war that we get absolutely NOTHING from. Leave it to the Right wingers to smear them after they didn't play ball with them.

    I don't think we should have invaded Iraq (and I didn't think so at the time), but did you know that France had strong economic ties to Iraq at the time that probably contributed to their decision to oppose the war? It would be similar to the US opposing war on Saudi Arabia, or the UAE (which we certainly would). Those kind of decisions are made the same way in France as they are in the US.

  5. Re:France is just jealous... by alexhs · · Score: 4, Informative

    livre des faces and twitteur

    More like trombinoscope and piailleur.

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