FTC cracking down on blogger payola

[ironman]

NJ5 said:

ironman said:

Yes, it is a violation of freedom of speech. I don't believe anybody has the right to tell you that you must tell people who is paying for what you are saying. It is the consumers responsibility to research the data. However, if you are in the public spotlight, you should have the scruples to disclose who is paying you to say what.

Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can defraud or deceive other people for personal gain. Posting a "review" which is actually a disguised advertisement is clearly deception.

 

You cannot "defraud" a person without their concent on this matter. People have a choice to take a sleezy blog poster at face value if they wish.