{"id":9990,"date":"2009-10-07T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2009-10-07T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T17:26:13","slug":"big-brother-attempts-to-control-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9990\/big-brother-attempts-to-control-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother attempts to control Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Trade Commission<\/a>, in the name of protecting America’s consumers, released new guidelines on Monday requiring bloggers and social media users disclose paid endorsements starting December 1, 2009.<\/p>\n

The regulations are being described as unnecessary, too vague, totalitarian and a digital double standard since they don’t apply to traditional media at TheAtlanticWire.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After December 1, be careful out there when you blog about a listing or even the latest software product that you run across that you want to share.<\/p>\n

As usual, there is always an opportunity. \u00a0 Does someone want to come up with the shortest legal disclosure for use with the 140 character limit on twitter?\u00a0 Oh yeah, I received no monetary\u00a0 compensation for this post on my review of the FTC’s new requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Trade Commission, in the name of protecting America’s consumers, released new guidelines on Monday requiring bloggers and social media users disclose paid endorsements starting December 1, 2009. The regulations are being described as unnecessary, too vague, totalitarian and a digital double standard since they don’t apply to traditional media at TheAtlanticWire.com. 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