“Lawmakers approved the law in a second reading late on Wednesday, days after outrage erupted in France after a man attacked a young woman, Marie Laguerre, when she responded to lewd noises he made at her outside a Paris cafe.” Reuters: France outlaws lewd cat-calls to women in public amid attack uproar.

+ France also banned smartphone use in schools. (It’s a shame to make kids drag their Minitels back and forth to school every day…)