The upgraded "Photoshop Law," proposed by MK Limor Magen Telem of the Yisrael Beitenu party, was passed by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday.
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The original Photoshop Law, which went into effect in 2013, requires adult fashion and commercial models to have a body-mass index of at least 18.5, in an effort to prevent them from losing weight to the detriment of their health. The law also requires that if an image has been altered or digitally manipulated, notification of the alteration needs to be clearly marked.
The law was initiated by fashion photographer Adi Barkan after his friend, an Israeli model, died in 2007, weighing 60 pounds and suffering from anorexia.
The new bill goes further than its predecessor, and if passed would make it possible to sanction publications that fail to attach clear notifications of altered photos with fines in the tens and even hundreds of thousands of shekels.
"Beneath the surface, a silent plague of eating disorders has grown in Israel," said MK Magen Telem. "The bill I've fought for since my first day in the Knesset is a first step in remedying this terrible phenomenon of negative and distorted body image among our youth."
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