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Actually there have been a couple of lawsuits in Germany that changed the practice locally: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=12d4d756-d753-4d0e-be
by maigret 7y ago
Actually there have been a couple of lawsuits in Germany that changed the practice locally: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=12d4d756-d753-4d0e-be47-4fd70c62acad https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=12d4d756-d753...
Now most are very careful and even "overdisclose" advertising as a result (they disclose even for products they mention that they are not paid for it).
- dylz 7y agoEven on HN I've pleasantly told people to please disclose affiliate links (that I've only found out about because I click them and uBlock blocks the page from loading completely due to malicious amounts of tracking scripts) and people get upset about it. I wish they would overdisclose here. It does not help that on social media, lots of people think adding "#sp" is enough.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y agoIf they're American, merely adding #sp is an open and shut violation. That should be reminded of the consequences of failing to disclose