Re:The Google Squeeze
by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @02:19PM
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"Does any country have a law telling these influencers need to inform their followers about their sponsorship? Such laws exist for affiliate marketing."
The U.S. does.[1]
1. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/04/ftc-s...
it doesn't seem to get properly enforced.
Actually there have been a couple of lawsuits in Germany that changed the practice locally: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=12d4d756-d753...
Now most are very careful and even "overdisclose" advertising as a result (they disclose even for products they mention that they are not paid for it).
Even on HN I've pleasantly told people to please disclose affiliate links (that I've only found out about because I click them and uBlock blocks the page from loading completely due to malicious amounts of tracking scripts) and people get upset about it.
I wish they would overdisclose here. It does not help that on social media, lots of people think adding "#sp" is enough.
Re:The Google Squeeze
by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:48PM
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If they're American, merely adding #sp is an open and shut violation. That should be reminded of the consequences of failing to disclose
I'd argue that instagram posts are a way to monetize his soccer playing, so that money come from soccer too if you look at it like that.
A lot of his soccer salary is advertising money too. Some team revenue comes from ticket sales and merchandise sales but much more comes from TV rights which are funded by advertisements.
Re:The Google Squeeze
by baobabKoodaa on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:51PM
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Finland has a law like this.
Re:The Google Squeeze
by Abishek_Muthian on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @08:49PM
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Influencers in Finland who post on Instagram say this post is sponsored by X?
Also, instagram is supposedly the platform with highest organic conversions & so I expect instagram come up with a way to monetize this off-platform Ad deals if not already.
Does any country have a law telling these influencers need to inform their followers about their sponsorship? Such laws exist for affiliate marketing.