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FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:09:42
by OakRidgeStars
This seems innocent enough on face value, but could this give the government a way to intimidate any citizen blogger that it doesn't agree with?.
I smell something, and it's not just that camel with his nose in the tent flap.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,560501,00.html
Disclaimer: The blogger was not offered free camel chow to post this story.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:53:43
by zephyp
Well, this is an example of how to eat an elephant. One bite at a time. It takes a while but sooner or later the elephant is gone. They'll start with little things like this and keep at it until we cant even post a message like this one.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:30:23
by MuShuGordon
These organizations will regulate everything that they can, if they can do it.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:03
by mandoo4u
Unfortunately, in South Korea, the government regulates what is blogged on the
net. It's really horrible from the stories that I see on TV. They do more than
intimidate. They fine, they arrest, just make life living hell just for posting.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:28
by zephyp
MuShuGordon wrote:These organizations will regulate everything that they can, if they can do it.
Yup and the problem with this one is that AFAIK the FTC dont need congressional or anyone elses approval to do it.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:58
by zephyp
mandoo4u wrote:Unfortunately, in South Korea, the government regulates what is blogged on the
net. It's really horrible from the stories that I see on TV. They do more than
intimidate. They fine, they arrest, just make life living hell just for posting.
If they ever do that here it will start small like oh uh something like requiring bloggers to disclose if they receive money for reviewing products they write about.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:02:41
by MuShuGordon
I would also like to add that most bloggers are idiots and it should be illegal for idiots to write opinionated articles and post them on the internet. That is how we get more idiots. How about an IQ test or an SAT score to regulate smart bloggers?
[Thread Jack] Firefox doesn't recognize "bloggers" as a correctly spelled word? I thought that, by now, it sure would.[/Thread Jack]
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:51:11
by zephyp
The liberal bloggers are definitely idiots.
Re: FTC to regulate blogging?
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:55:43
by OakRidgeStars
If you're looking for a group of conservative bloggers, who are not idiots, go to
http://townhall.com/