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To fight against anorexia, MP Valerie Boyer (UMP) filed September 15 in the National Assembly a bill that would require that the picture editing are indicated by a reference. “These images can lead people to believe in the reality that often do not exist,” said the MP.

The publicity photographs of people whose physical appearance has been altered by image processing software should be accompanied by the words “photo retouched to alter the physical appearance of a person,” the bill. A fine of 37,500 euros is foreseen in cases of infringement.

Photos of magazines, posters and photographs on the packaging of products would be affected, as are photographs of political campaign posters or photographs of art.

“There is no question of curbing or curtailing the creativity of advertising or artists,” he defends the member. “But just say that (…). This is a public health goal, but it can also help protect the consumer. ”

Ms. Boyer has until now received a fifty signatures for his bill that it hopes to present next year, when reviewing the code of public health. The MP is already causing a draft law against incitement to anorexia, adopted by the National Assembly in 2008, but not yet by the Senate.