FTC vs. the Blogosphere Day 2 Roundup
Yesterday, the FTC officially launched their assault on the free speech of bloggers and social network users, and the reception in the blogosphere was mixed.
You can read our continuing coverage of what’s going on here:
The Dangerous Perceptions of the New FTC Rules Explained [Part One]
The FTC is Opening a Hornet’s Nest [ANGLE Round-Up]
FTC New Disclosure Guidelines, a Third Examination [Bloggers, Marketers and PR]
FTC Blogola Roundup: The Jury Is Out
/Backchan notes
BlogHer ‘09: The Weaponizing of the Blogosphere
Here is the roundup of what we’ve found so far today:
Anti-FTC
Sean P. Aune | …And There Was No One Left To Speak Out For Me
Sean P. Aune | CobWEBs Special Daily Edition – Anyone thinking the FTC blogger rules are good are f***wads
Larry Dignan / ZDNet | The FTC’s guidelines raise ruckus, but are (mostly) unenforceable
Harry McCracken / Technologizer | The FTC Goes After Bloggers (Say, What’s a Blogger, Anyhow?)
Chris O’Brien / SiliconBeat | FTC Moves To Regulate Bloggers (He writes, looking over his shoulder…)
Neutral
BroadbandCensus | Bloggers Covered by Endorsement Rules, Says FTC
UK Guardian | America’s memo to bloggers: don’t lie, or we’ll fine you
Matthew Hopson / NeoWin | America to crack down on blogger payola
Maha Atal / Brainstormtech | FTC takes on pay-per-post
Louis Gray | Why I Don’t Think The FTC’s Rules On Disclosure Will Have Much Effect
Pro-FTC
Matt Cutts | Disclosure
Svetlana Gladkova / Profy | Blog from Abroad: Quick Answer to FTC Threat to Bloggers
Charlie Anzman | FTC Rules – 50,000 bloggers move to Canada
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