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Magazines legally required to disclose when models have been photoshopped.

Closed 50 signatures

What the petition asks

1.6 million people in the UK suffer from eating disorders. I believe some of this comes from the high pressure placed on women and men to be thin and toned.
One main source of this is because of the beauty standards upheld in our magazines. Women and men are photo shopped into the "perfect" figure.
There is such a high pressure on people to fit into the mould that is projected through magazines. This mould for women is thin, toned, bid breasts, big bum and perfect skin. For men the mould is lean and muscly, six-pack and a large package.

Pictures in magazines cannot be something people aspire to be because they aren't real body expectation.

France has already introduced this law to help defeat eating disorders and promote a healthy body image, I believe we should too.

Timeline

10 Oct 2017 Petition opened for signatures
10 Apr 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 50
Status Closed
Opened 10 Oct 2017
Closed 10 Apr 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.