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Which isn't as terrible as it sounds, France has a law that does not allow campaigning or reporting on candidates for 24 (or 48?) hours before an election. The
by dsl 9y ago
Which isn't as terrible as it sounds, France has a law that does not allow campaigning or reporting on candidates for 24 (or 48?) hours before an election.
The law is intended to give people time to reflect and think for themselves without being influenced before they go to vote.
- bigbugbag 9y agoHere is the actual law[1], article 49 of electoral code: Starting the day before voting at zero hour, it is forbidden to distribute bulletins, circular and other documents Starting the day before voting at zero hour, it is also forbidden to broadcast electoral propaganda messages using an electronic public communication. This explains with an election day newspaper still had a full cover titled "Do as you want but vote macron"[2], but does not explain why there were official legal threats used to deter reporting on the leak. [1]: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070239&idArticle=LEGIARTI000006353094&dateTexte=&categorieLien=cid https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte... [2]: http://monde.taibaweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/arton45567.jpg http://monde.taibaweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/arton45...
- SamUK96 9y agoIt's actually a very good law I think. The US could really do with that...