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FTC’s rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect
Associated Press ^
| October 22, 2024
Posted on 10/21/2024 9:38:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
You would think by now that most people would know that most reviews are worthless, but I guess not. Just more government censureship.
To: LukeL
AI and bots have 1st Amendment protection? If hate speech isn’t protected then neither should fraud.
To: Olog-hai
Still trying to find where, in that pesky constitution thingie, that the fed was granted to power to regulate businesses and marketplaces...
Or advertising...
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posted on
10/22/2024 6:41:18 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(And the people said NO! The End)
To: Olog-hai
Which section of the Constitution gives the FTC power to do this?
For that matter, where in the Constitution is the authority given for there to even be an FTC?
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posted on
10/22/2024 7:19:06 AM PDT
by
T Ruth
(Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
To: ConservativeMind
Clear violation of freedom of speech / the press.
Such reviews were common pre-internet, and people just shrugged about it.
What about reviews in print media being published on a website, such as The New York Times?
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posted on
10/22/2024 7:30:24 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: Salman
Honestly, being paid for writing a review for something you did not ever use is not a free speech concern.
It is fraud.
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posted on
10/22/2024 7:53:20 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: T Ruth
The oft-tortured and heavily-pretzeled Commerce Clause.
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posted on
10/22/2024 8:18:29 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(What is the cost of lies?)
To: Olog-hai
Free Speech suits will no doubt arise from this as this is nothing but the government deciding without due process in court who is and who is not lying and making lying a crime.
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posted on
10/22/2024 8:32:37 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: moonhawk
Who gets to decide what is “fake”?
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posted on
10/22/2024 8:35:50 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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