{"id":714,"date":"2011-06-04T19:33:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T00:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=714"},"modified":"2011-06-04T19:37:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T00:37:35","slug":"new-command-from-the-french-state-thou-shalt-not-say-facebook-or-twitter-on-tv-or-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"New command from the French state: &#8216;Thou shalt not say Facebook or Twitter on TV or radio&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/French-TV-on-Facebook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-717\" title=\"French TV on Facebook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/French-TV-on-Facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a>The French state is famous for banning words because they&#8217;re allegedly threats to the purity of the French language, but the latest ban on words is goofy even by the country&#8217;s absurdist standards. French broadcasters are no longer allowed to refer to Facebook or Twitter on the air.<\/p>\n<p>No, this isn&#8217;t a joke. You&#8217;re not reading something lifted from the pages of the Onion. The French state regulator has decided that TV and radio channels can&#8217;t direct viewers and listeners to &#8220;like&#8221; them on Facebook or &#8220;follow them&#8221; on Twitter. This is now deemed advertising, so it is verboten. (Wait. That&#8217;s German. It&#8217;s probably not allowed in a story about French, so never mind.)<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no way I can do justice to this absurd story, so just take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/matthewfraser-thismuchiknow.com\/post\/6137712619\/you-dont-say-words-facebook-and-twitter-are\" target=\"_blank\">this piece from a guy living in Paris<\/a>. The only point I want to make here is that when you give the state the power to make such decisions, it&#8217;s <em>your fault<\/em> when the absurdities happen. Why should a state even have the power to make this decision?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French state is famous for banning words because they&#8217;re allegedly threats to the purity of the French language, but the latest ban on words is goofy even by the country&#8217;s absurdist standards. French broadcasters are no longer allowed to refer to Facebook or Twitter on the air. No, this isn&#8217;t a joke. 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