Norway’s New Image Editing Law For Influencers Has Good Intentions, But It’s Still Empty Words
Recently, discussions have formed around Norway’s new law for social media influencers and what it could mean for wider society. This new law requires influencers to label retouched photos on social media in order to address society’s ever-growing issue of body-image negativity, but how effective is this new law, and will it even serve any positive change?
Across Norway, groups working with youths effected by mental health issues have called for stricter measures and firmer laws on image editing for years, with legal proposals stating that approximately 70,000 children and young people in the country (which has a population of just under 5.4 million) have mental disorders that require treatment. Body image is shown to be an issue in the extremities with anorexia being the third most common cause of death among young girls.