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FTC to Penalize Questionable Blogging Practices

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finally stepped up and issued new regulations affecting commercial use of social media. Again, the issue is whether the consumer-generated statement can be considered ’sponsored.’&#. an advertiser hires a blogger to test out and then review a new body lotion.

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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

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Setting aside issues of whether the practice is actually useful, and whether it is distracting to the speaker and to others in attendance, live tweeting and live blogging of conferences, events and webcasts raises legal and ethical issues. I have two biases that affect my opinions on this issue, but I think they balance each other.

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