FTC Extends Online Disclosure Guidelines To “Small Screen”
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The revised online advertising disclosure guidelines detail the commission’s expectations for how disclosures should be made online, noting particularly that social media content and ads accessed with mobile devices create new challenges for advertisers.
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