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Re:FTC to Crack Down on Paid Celebrity Posts That Aren’t Cle... by morgante on Friday August 05, 2016 @04:08PM (#12235402)
> Users need to be clear when they're getting paid to promote something, and hashtags like #ad, #sp, #sponsored --common forms of identification-- are not always enough.
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Re:FTC to Crack Down on Paid Celebrity Posts That Aren’t Cle... by jdmichal on Friday August 05, 2016 @04:12PM (#12235426)
The quote I included made it pretty clear that #ad was conditionally acceptable if it prefixes the message. It also made it clear that #sp and #spon are never sufficient. I saw no further notes on #sponsored, but my common sense would group it with #ad if I had to choose between the two options presented.
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