"The name itself is a great example of how Charlie Hebdo has had to defend its radical free speech ideals against censorship: the magazine was initially called Hara-Kiri, but after publishing a joke about president de Gaulle's then-recent death in 1970, it was permanently banned from sales by France's minister of the interior. The magazine changed its name to Charlie Hebdo to escape the ban. "


This magazine previously banned in France? can anyone verify the authenticity of the statement?