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"  My, my! How the tables have turned. In Sacramento, California on Tuesday, Jennifer Garner and Halle Berry were the ones coming after the paparazzi for once \u2014 by testifying in support of a new bill which would better protect the children of celebrities against the types of stalking and harassment that have become standard tactics for increasingly ambitious photographers. As the Los Angeles Times reports, the bill, proposed by a Democratic senator from Los Angeles, would change the definition of harassment to include any conduct that &amp;quot;alarms, annoys, torments or terrorizes&amp;quot; a child while photographing or recording that child without parental consent. Currently, there are no such protections to keep kids safe from paps, except in the case of Suri Cruise, who will literally kick your ass if you come for her because she is clearly smarter and more capable than any and all adults in the world.  As part of her testimony, Garner explained that while she might have made the choice to live in the public eye, her children shouldn&amp;#039;t have to suffer: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want a gang of shouting, arguing, law-breaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are, all day, every day, to continue to traumatize my kids,&amp;quot; she said. (Well, when you put it that way, it sounds pretty reasonable.) Halle Berry agreed, saying that she was just a mother who was trying to &amp;quot;protect her children and protect their rights.&amp;quot; (Also pretty reasonable.) It&amp;#039;s true that while photos of celebs seem perfectly innocuous when you see them in a tabloid, watching the tactics paparazzi use in person or on video makes it seem like a sincerely evil business that should be more closely regulated, especially for stars with young children. The bill passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee without opposition and now heads to the Appropriations Committee (lawmaking is complicated, you guys), but expect it to face further opposition from publishers and the photographers themselves because of, y&amp;#039;know, freedom of the press or whatever. Photo via FilmMagic Follow Sam on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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