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France to limit what internet influencers can say and sell for brands

Veteran French YouTuber and influencer Squeezie. © Sylvain Thomas/AFP

France is to become first European country to regulate internet influencers, as lawmakers debate a cross-party bill to impose limits on what people can promote on social media.

“The sector of commercial influence and content creation is not yet taken seriously enough,” Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire wrote in a document presenting several measures that the government will take to better regulate influencers, as draft legislation was introduced for debate in the National Assembly.

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