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French regulators ban the words Facebook and Twitter from TV and radio
- tobylane 15y ago'other social networks will complain to us saying, ‘why not us?’' - Because it's realism. Someone said that macbook in that show must be paid product placement, I said it was just realistic, this character was a reasonably-well-off journalist. Even tv shows with poor people like Two Pints mention facebook in realistic terms.
- DrJokepu 15y agoI admire French people for their consistent idealism even though it mostly results in utter nonsense such as this story.
- cageface 15y agoThe French have a unique talent for putting theory before practice. It just kneecaps their domestic tech industry, like their insistence on keeping common English technical terms out of their vocabulary.
- wolfgangK 15y agoAs far as I am concerned utter nonsense is in the OP 's mind "Facebook and Twitter are not simply businesses", not in the French regulation.Do we want alternative social networks to even stand a chance against the current networks?
- wolfgangK 15y agoIf it is an incentive for shows to publicize their regular website instead of some dumb Facebook page,I'm all for it!
- bzupnick 15y agobut facebook is mentioned because its the best out there. we didnt pick it arbitrarily to be the social network everyone uses