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3/10/07

Press TV: New French law makes it illegal to film any acts of violence and post the offending images or videos online

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New French law makes it illegal to film any acts of violence and post the offending images or videos online

A new law in France has made it illegal to film any acts of violence and post the offending images or videos online. Attempts to document violence now have fines of nearly $100,000 and the possibility of spending up to 5 years in prison. The law claims to be in response to 'happy-slapping', a phenomenon where young people film their friends committing acts of assault and then circulate the videos using mobile phones and the Internet.

The only problem is that France doesn't have a "happy-slapping" issue. The incidents originated in Britain, and French police have recorded only about 20 such cases since 2005. Society editor of the French paper 'Liberation' Fabrice Tassel said: “Calling happy-slapping a phenomenon in France is a bit excessive.”

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