Amy Lee
Huffington Post
June 7, 2011
How do you say Twitter and Facebook in French? You don’t say them at all.
France has banned the names of both social networking sites from being spoken on radio or television, unless they are part of a news story.
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The reason for the ban goes back to a 1992 decree that says mentioning such services by name is an act of advertising. Therefore, using the terms “Twitter” and “Facebook” constitutes preferential treatment.
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