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Old 04-15-2008, 11:08 AM
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France makes it illegal for magazines and websites to encourage anorexia



!French politicians have called for stiff penalties of up to three years in prison and heavy fines against "pro anorexia" websites and publications that encourage girls and young women to starve themselves.

"Giving young girls advice about how to lie to their doctors, telling them what kinds of food are easiest to vomit, encouraging them to torture themselves whenever they take any kind of food is not part of liberty of expression," Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said in a parliament speech...."
France makes it illegal for magazines and websites to encourage anorexia | the Daily Mail

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I read about this and was intrigued to know how they were going to enforce the internet ban...
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Hooray, but also wtf. Internet still = freedom of speech, surely? I mean, we are on a Courney site.

At least when I leer at Frenchy mags there won't be bones in them.
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Are they also gonna ban Mcdonalds ads for encouraging obesity? Probably not.
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