Ryan Gill ([info]montieth) wrote,
2010-01-19 12:18:00

Over Regulated?

Does anyone find it odd that the FTC has regulations and laws that are apparently structured to control how bloggers advertise a product they review and how those reviews have specific rules relating to MANDATES on disclosure of gifts or payments to the bloggers?

And yet it's legal for a campaign to pay people to stand around with campaign signs as if they were actual supporters and NOT disclose such payments as part of federal election regulations??

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[info]pelgar

January 19 2010, 18:53:39 UTC 2 years ago

Nothing to see here. Move along, sir.

[info]roninspoon

January 19 2010, 20:48:44 UTC 2 years ago

It's not often that I feel comfortable making succinct catagorical statements about complex problems. In my experience, complex problems most often require complex solutions. Having said that, I feel that both of these situations are stupid and simple.

The FTC over regulates based on archaic understandings of the technology they have authority over.

Campaign reform is well overdue.

[info]montieth

January 19 2010, 20:59:46 UTC 2 years ago

Campaign reform is well overdue

Didn't we JUST get that?

[info]roninspoon

January 19 2010, 21:04:21 UTC 2 years ago

The problem with any significant campaign reform, whether it's financial or procedural, is that it has be to be passed by the very people who profit from our current system. It would fall into the same snow ball chance in hell of bills requesting a substantial cut in pay for legislators, or instituting term limits.

[info]hellsop

January 19 2010, 21:12:42 UTC 2 years ago

All and all, I think if I had to choose between political speech and actions being more or less regulated than commercial speech and actions, I think I'd prefer the "less regulated than". So it bugs me less than the other way around.
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