celebritiesFederal Trade Commission establish new rules beginning with December 1 for bloggers, forcing it to disclose any payment they receive for reviews. This applies for advertisers as well as for celebrities. The penalties are up to $11,000 for the violation of these rules. Richard Cleland, assistant director for the division of advertising practices at the FTC, said that "given that social media has become such a significant player in the advertising area, we thought it was necessary to address social media as well."
While FTC is a specific US institution, I do not understand how these rules will be applied to the bloggers belonging to other nations, that comply with their own nation rules. Besides, as stated by Rick Calvert, chief executive of the blogger conference BlogWorld & New Media Expo, there are "tens of millions of blogs, podcasts and other forms of new media content out there and growing every day," so it is difficult to enforce the FTC rules.
Singer Mariah Carey and actor Robert De Niro are international celebrities for their respective work.
Time is so sad
Time is so long
Time took you away
from where you belong
Time has left scars
Time has caused pain
Time turned into dust
what once was a flame
Time is so cruel
Time never lasts
Remembering regrets
Time made in the past
Time is depressing
Time in not me
Time makes me feel trapped
when I try to break free.
(Ngairini Pollett, Time)
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