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The practice has grown to the degree that the Federal Trade Commission is paying attention. New guidelines, expected to be approved late this summer with possible modifications, would clarify that the agency can go after bloggers — as well as the companies that compensate them — for any false claims or failure to disclose conflicts of interest.
It would be the first time the FTC tries to patrol systematically what bloggers say and do online.
If the guidelines are approved, bloggers would have to back up claims and disclose if they're being compensated — the FTC doesn't currently plan to specify how. The FTC could order violators to stop and pay restitution to customers, and it could ask the Justice Department to sue for civil penalties.
Any type of blog could be scrutinized, not just ones that specialize in reviews.
So parents keeping blogs to update family members on their child's first steps technically would fall under the FTC guidelines, though they likely would have little to worry about unless they accept payments or free products and write about them.
It's the end of FREE SPEECH and freedom of expression. It's funny that Obama doesn't want everybody to know his BC and where the money goes but he 'cares' about what we 'say' online.
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It's the end of FREE SPEECH and freedom of expression. It's funny that Obama doesn't want everybody to know his BC and where the money goes but he 'cares' about what we 'say' online.
This sounds liek a fukin FANTASITC IDEA!!!!
you mean to tell me, when people are paid to post opinion by a corporation or special interest, and its not disclosed.....you are cool with that?
Gee....I wonder why you are so paranoid these days.....
let me guess, you watch FOX, and think its News....
Rupert?.......you might wanna get your checkbook ready.
you mean to tell me, when people are paid to post opinion by a corporation or special interest, and its not disclosed.....you are cool with that?
Here is the example
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So parents keeping blogs to update family members on their child's first steps technically would fall under the FTC guidelines.
If i tell you that OBAMA is X and Y and FTC doesn't like what I say, it'll shut down the web site. You need to look at the example in the article.
If you go online and 'decide' to click an ad, whose fault is it? The answer is YOU. What Obama has consistently shown to us is he will decide what is good for you because you are incapable of making any good decision.
The bottom line is he wants you to hear or see what he thinks that it's the best for you.
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If i tell you that OBAMA is X and Y and FTC doesn't like what I say, it'll shut down the web site. You need to look at the example in the article.
If you go online and 'decide' to click an ad, whose fault is it? The answer is YOU. What Obama has consistently shown to us is he will decide what is good for you because you are incapable of making any good decision.
The bottom line is he wants you to hear or see what he thinks that it's the best for you.
Goodness, reading comprehension is really not your strong suit, huh? The second half of your example says:
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though they likely would have little to worry about unless they accept payments or free products and write about them.
You clearly don't have the slightest clue what that article even says.
It's the end of FREE SPEECH and freedom of expression. It's funny that Obama doesn't want everybody to know his BC and where the money goes but he 'cares' about what we 'say' online.
Drama Queen.
Your threads suck and if the moderators are not careful, this forum will be dead because of you. You can't think, read, or write. Stop polluting this forum. We have enough foreigners dumping on America here already.
Leave.
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If i tell you that OBAMA is X and Y and FTC doesn't like what I say, it'll shut down the web site. You need to look at the example in the article.
If you go online and 'decide' to click an ad, whose fault is it? The answer is YOU. What Obama has consistently shown to us is he will decide what is good for you because you are incapable of making any good decision.
The bottom line is he wants you to hear or see what he thinks that it's the best for you.
'Technically'....cheerios chould be regulated by the FDA, becaus eof its claims to lower cholesterol...but we are all grown ups, aren't we?
Goodness, reading comprehension is really not your strong suit, huh? The second half of your example says:
You clearly don't have the slightest clue what that article even says.
You IGNORED a keyword which is 'little worry'. Why do people have to be 'little worry'? Do you understand the difference between 'little worry' and 'no worry'?
You clearly didn't read the ENTIRE article. You need to read the below parapgraph where it states.
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But they would need to think twice if, for instance, they praise parenting books they've just read and include links to buy them at a retailer like Amazon.com Inc.
If i go online to look for a new TV for an example, will you not be able to tell me what kind of TV that you think is a good one and where to buy it according to this proposal?
The fact of the matter is you can tell me how good and cheap this TV is but I am the one WHO will choose to buy it or not in the end. Why the fck do I need the FTC to tell me if you are a good 'blogger' or not when i'm capable of doing so?
Furthermore, not everything we talk online has anything to do with 'money' any way. Are you telling me that i can't tell people how good a movie or book is because FTC thinks that i try to 'sell' it to you?
Is it clearly a violation of free speech and freedom of expression?
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Your threads suck and if the moderators are not careful, this forum will be dead because of you. You can't think, read, or write. Stop polluting this forum. We have enough foreigners dumping on America here already.
Leave.
If you have anything to add to the discussion, please do so. Otherwise, shut the fck up.
I'm amazed that you continue reading my posts regardess of bad my 'english' skill is.
You IGNORED a keyword which is 'little worry'. Why do people have to be 'little worry'? Do you understand the difference between 'little worry' and 'no worry'?
You clearly didn't read the ENTIRE article. You need to read the below parapgraph where it states.
If i go online to look for a new TV for an example, will you not be able to tell me what kind of TV that you think is a good one and where to buy it according to this proposal?
The fact of the matter is you can tell me how good and cheap this TV is but I am the one WHO will choose to buy it or not in the end. Why the fck do I need the FTC to tell me if you are a good 'blogger' or not when i'm capable of doing so?
Furthermore, not everything we talk online has anything to do with 'money' any way. Are you telling me that i can't tell people how good a movie or book is because FTC thinks that i try to 'sell' it to you?
Is it clearly a violation of free speech and freedom of expression?
FREE SPEECH, is the ability to speak ones own mind. When someone is paying you to say a certain thing, its called being lobbied. I think the reader deserves to know who is talking to them.
It's the end of FREE SPEECH.
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