Last week, we reported that the Federal Trade Commission planned to fine bloggers up to $11,000 if they didn’t disclose anything that could be counted as an endorsement. Well, fear not, The Washington Post’s Cecilia Kang spoke with the FTC’s Richard Cleland and found that its threats were mostly hot air.
"We do not have authority to impose a fine for violation of the (FTC) Act," Cleland told Kang.
Cleland explained that enforcement will mostly be through warning letters, and if things get
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