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The Federal Trade Commission is planning to crack down on bloggers who review or promote products while earning freebies or payments, the Associated Press reported Sunday .

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    earthlingerer5 months, 3 weeks ago

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    This is AWESOME!

    Can you imagine how many spam-like submissions here may end up with bad people being punished somehow?

    Transparency is a good thing!

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      Charlson5 months, 3 weeks ago

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      Sounds as effective as the government's war on drugs. Lumping all blogs into a bad barrel and painting them all with the same brush. Regulations are good if it creates transparency but are bad if they extend control over content and distribution.

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        MisterX5 months, 3 weeks ago

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        Yup, way too much room for abuse here.

        "The government that governs least governs best..."

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