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A comment on FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect. Parent comment
Because you're free to post as many false reviews on your own personal blog. Nobody is silencing your views.
But a product page is not allowed to publish those views. And businesses have never had first amendment rights to publish falsehoods.
It's no different from ingredient listings on food. There's no first amendment right for a business to lie about the ingredients.
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Because you're free to post as many false reviews on your own personal blog. Nobody is silencing your views.
But a product page is not allowed to publish those views. And businesses have never had first amendment rights to publish falsehoods.
It's no different from ingredient listings on food. There's no first amendment right for a business to lie about the ingredients.