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France Aims To Get Real: Retouched Photos Of Models Now Require A Label

The goal is "to avoid the promotion of inaccessible beauty ideals and prevent anorexia among young people," said France's former health minister.
On Sunday, a new law takes effect in France that says a commercial image depicting a model with a digitally altered body must be accompanied by a notice.

Questions about whether a perfect-looking model could possibly be real will soon be answered more definitively in France, where new rules stipulate that some digitally altered images must come with a disclaimer.

says any models appearing in commercial photography whose bodies have been made thinner or thicker by," or retouched photograph.

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