The C8 channel, of the Bolloré group, was fined 50,000 euros for a sequence broadcast last September in “PAF avec Baba”, a program presented by Cyril Hanouna.
“These facts are likely to undermine the rights of these people to respect for their private lives, their image, their honor and their reputation.” The Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication once again sanctions C8. The decision was published on Friday June 14 in the Official Journal.
This time, the Bolloré group channel is fined 50,000 euros for a sequence broadcast in September 2023 in “PAF avec Baba”, a program hosted by Cyril Hanouna. The presenter had broadcast images initially posted online by the Cerfia “media” on his X account, in which we could see people in Normandy allegedly under the influence of the zombie drug, a product which is wreaking havoc in the United States. United.
“Two videos recently created a buzz […] where we see several people in the streets of Rouen behaving like zombies. According to the authors of the video, they consumed xylazine, a drug that makes you look like a zombie.Cyril Hanouna declared when introducing his subject.
“The search for buzz”
Except that after investigation, it turned out that this was not the case. According to Arcom, the two people present in the video “are disabled and the manifestations of this disability were presented on the air as resulting from the consumption of a drug. These people were, moreover, recognized by traders and relatives, in particular due to the mention of the city of Rouen and the absence of use of a technical anonymization process..
Very quickly after the broadcast of these images, the prefect of Normandy and Seine-Maritime warned Internet users: “The search for buzz and visibility at all costs should not encourage the dissemination of false information. When faced with an account that publishes sensational content and of which he is not the author, be careful. Do not share unverified information.”
The search for buzz and visibility at all costs should not encourage the dissemination of false information.
When faced with an account that publishes sensational content and of which he is not the author, be careful.
u274cDo not share unverified information. pic.twitter.com/aNOGVZZwTK
— Prefect of Normandy and Seine-Maritime (@Prefet76) https://twitter.com/Prefet76/status/1701611049689231648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“Cyril Hanouna, 49, is used to controversies and his broadcasts have earned C8 a barrage of reminders from Arcom, for a total of more than 7.5 million euros in finesremember The voice of the North. The largest part of this total comes from a record fine of 3.5 million euros in February 2023, because of insults launched by Cyril Hanouna at LFI deputy Louis Boyard.
