French advertisers warned they must reveal if images are retouched

Published: 6-Feb-2017
Regulatory Marketing

Watchdog ARPP reminds companies that 'photographie retouchée' must be carried on images if they have been digitally altered to make a model thinner

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French advertisers warned they must reveal if images are retouched

French advertising regulator Autorité française de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité (ARPP) has issued a reminder to advertisers that as of 1 January this year, photographic retouching of images must be

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