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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by drenvuk on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:33PM (#22368489)
This is a really good question and I'd like to see some fines dished out if they're not.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by gjs278 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:45PM (#22368629)
I wouldn’t. there’s no reason anyone should have to disclose if something is an ad.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by derivagral on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:55PM (#22368744)
FTC, for a start. Political ads have more scrutiny as well, though I don't know the details.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/11/ftc-r...

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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by werber on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:25PM (#22369057)
This is way more stringent than I realized (especially the buried in hashtags part) although the example at the end of doing #BrandNamePartner seems like it could be used disingenuously, like would #TeamMike satisfy the FTC requirements?
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by hbosch on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:25PM (#22369056)
Disclosing if something is sponsored/an advertisement is important and necessary. It fully changes the trust dynamic between parties.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by ineedasername on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:23PM (#22369032)
Whether or not you would, or believe people shouldn't have to do so, there are laws regarding ad identification and candidate approval of ads when the advertisement is political in this way.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by MrStonedOne on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:53PM (#22368727)
Except, well, the FTC requirement that says literally that.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by jdck1326 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:58PM (#22368783)
I'm not sure the person was speaking about the law or current rules.
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by Proziam on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:00PM (#22371493)
Oil is good for the environment - BP Spokesperson, also a scientist

or

Oil is good for the environment - scientist

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You're telling me you don't see a difference here?

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