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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by omginternets on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @04:33AM (#12260292)
>If not, is it legal?

In most jurisdictions, it's a priori legal unless it falls under some special category (e.g. a political campaign ad).

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by DanBC on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @04:44AM (#12260331)
It's not legal in UK or US.

FTC will regulate undisclosed native content advertising content in US: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/nat...

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftc...

The Advertising Standards Authority regulate it in the UK:

https://www.cap.org.uk/Advice-Training-on-the-rules/Advice-O...

About vlogging, but clearly applies to blogging and traditional print media: https://www.asa.org.uk/News-resources/Media-Centre/2014/Maki...

http://blogtacular.com/sponsored-posts-ads-reviews-the-asa-a...

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