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Bloggers not protected by anti-astroturfing laws
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| You may recall that last year year, astroturfing, sock puppetry and other
| forms of fake-blog bullshit were made illegal – at least, illegal if they're
| carried out by companies.
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| Section 22 of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is absolutely clear,
| making it illegal to go around "falsely claiming or creating the impression
| that the trader is not acting for purposes relating to his trade, business,
| craft or profession, or falsely representing oneself as a consumer".
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http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/bloggers-not-protected-by-anti-astroturfing-laws-502794
Related:
Is MS Preening in Public Posts?
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| The author of the email, posted on ZDNet in a Talkback forum on the Microsoft
| antitrust trial, claimed her name was Michelle Bradley and that she
| had "retired" from Microsoft last week.
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| "A verbal memo [no email allowed] was passed around the MS campus encouraging
| MS employee's to post to ZDNet articles like this one," the email said.
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| "The theme is 'Microsoft is responsible for all good things in computerdom.'
| The government has no right to prevent MS from doing anything. Period.
| The 'memo' suggests we use fictional names and state and to identify
| ourselves as students," the author claimed.
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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/02/17745
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