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FTC warns board game content creators, publishers over failing to properly disclose relationships, free games

boardgamewire.com FTC warns board game content creators, publishers over failing to properly disclose relationships, free games -

Board game reviewers and influencers are falling foul of FTC rules prohibiting 'unfair or deceptive' acts by failing to properly disclose when they receive free games - putting themselves and publishers in the firing line for court action.

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FTC warns influencers over failing to properly disclose free board games

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Social media was a mistake! Its all about the money and hidden marketing. Feels like it will be hard to prevent
- Even though I agree that social media is a problem I don't think it is that hard to disclose relationships, free products or money received for content.
  The guidelines aren't even that strict. So if creators fail to adhere it means they probably didn't even try or purposefully hide information.
  
  There are influencers and sellers consciously working to evade any transparency. Made are trying to be just too cute with their ‘see what I have here’ posts.
  The crafting social media communities are struggling with this too. /c/knitting has a new mod trying to establish rules and boundaries. Just as the community was starting to take off, the sellers and influencers started to be evident.

It's kinda crazy that this still needs to be said. I remember TB railing against it and he's been dead for 5 years now. So it's been what? A decade?