Paul Howell
Jun 7, 2011

France bans Twitter and Facebook from national TV

FRANCE - France has banned local journalists from referring to specific social networking sites at the end of programming. The government says closing programmes with phrases such as 'follow us on Twitter', represent unfair endorsement of private profit-making entities.

Mention of specific social networking sites has been banned on French TV

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