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Article: France bans TV aimed at kids under 3, citing developmental risks
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- August 21, 2008
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PARIS -- France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under three years of age to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.
The High Audiovisual Council, in a ruling published Wednesday, said it wanted to "protect children under three from the effects of television."
France's minister for culture and communication, Christine Albanel, issued a "cry of alarm" to parents in June about channels dedicated 24 hours a day to baby-targeted programming. In a newspaper interview, she called them "a danger" and urged parents not to use them to help their children get to sleep.
She was referring to two foreign ...