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Old Jun 5, 2015 | 11:37 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
Previously comp'd trips were considered (by some) part of the regular way of doing business and not requiring disclosure. The new FTC guidelines now suggest that any communication about such, from a tweet to a full blog post, is considered sponsored content and must be disclosed as such.

It will be interesting to see how this is adopted within the community.
I'm in favor of it. What would be the negative to the readers of a blogger saying the trip was comped?
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