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Are Celebs Misusing Social Media With Product Plugs?

The government is starting to scrutinize product endorsements that celebrities broadcast to their massive social media networks. “Under F.T.C. guidelines, companies and the celebrities they are sponsoring risk being deceptive by not noting that these endorsements are advertisements,” The New York Times’ Bits blog writes, citing comments Mary Engle, associate director of the advertising practices division at the Federal Trade Commission.

 


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