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Influencers react to Norway photo edit law: 'Welcome honesty' or a 'shortcut'?
The rule on clearly labelling posts is part of an effort to "reduce body pressure" on young people.

Full text of law here (in Norwegian):

Prop. 134 L (2020–2021)
I proposisjonen foreslås det blant annet plikt til å merke retusjert eller på annen måte manipulert reklame, nå manipuleringen medfører at kroppen til personer i reklamen avviker fra virkeligheten.

Obviously, this only applies to sponsored advertising since the law falls under the domain of the Forbrukertilsynet, the "Consumer Ombudsman", and not private individuals. So-called "influencers" will be required to post a government-approval label on any retouched photos -- or they risk fines or jail time.
I think it's based. It's hard enough being a subhuman without being socially pressured by "friends"(acquaintances), coworkers, classmates, and family to join social media, where all you do is get mogged, and get mogged extremely brutally.
Unfortunately, it's practically going to affect only Norway, whose entire population consists of only Chads and Stacies anyway. If it was the U.S., on the other hand, the Federal Trade Commission could easily squeeze, say, Facebook's balls on the matter, and that of every single influencer who uses a Facebook platform.
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