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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by mbesto on Monday April 08, 2019 @11:02PM (#19611395)
I agree with everything you're saying but this:

> How is the "influencer game" different from ads?

Big difference -> ads are specifically marked as advertisements as legally required. The legislation is wildly inconsistent for influencers (#ad etc)

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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by rigorman on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:42AM (#19612350)
Last decade, legislation settled on requiring bloggers to disclose all sponsored posts.
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