FTC Decides to Target Bloggers
AP: FTC rules that bloggers must disclose any compensation received for writing product reviews. “Penalties include up to $11,000 in fines per violation.”
It may sound fair, but invariably there’s a Free Speech issue at work here. And a lot will hinge on whether a product review is looked at as commercial speech or not.
I wonder if these new FTC rules apply to movie reviews as well. Movies are products, after all. Would these new rules prevent something like this from happening?
