Louise Bernard with Alexis Patri 9:55 am, September 23, 2021
Justice ruled in favor of the production of "Koh Lanta" in a thorny case. The TF1 adventure show, whose 20-year-old season is currently being broadcast, is the victim of anonymous accounts on social networks which reveal the eliminations of candidates before they take place. "Spoils" now punishable by a fine.
Justice takes an unprecedented decision about the
Koh Lanta
show
: ban on revealing the rest of TF1's adventure and survival program on social networks.
The channel is currently broadcasting
Koh Lanta: the legend
, the show's 20th anniversary season.
Internet users no longer have the right to spoil, or "disclose" in good French, the progress of the episodes before they are broadcast on the air, under penalty of lifting the anonymity of their Twitter or other account, and therefore of 'a possible court conviction.
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Anonymous spoils for several weeks
This court decision is a victory for the production of the show, because accounts under pseudonyms have been having fun, for several weeks, to reveal information about the episodes to come on social networks.
Information supposed to be confidential, such as the eliminations of candidates who keep viewers in suspense until the end of each episode.
Justice also ruled on the case of a former candidate, according to information from our colleagues from the newspaper
Le Parisien
.
From now on, for each publication revealing confidential information, he will be fined 1,000 euros per violation found.