Simon Willison's Weblog: astroturfinghttp://simonwillison.net/2007-02-12T09:35:48+00:00Simon WillisonFake bloggers soon to be "named and shamed"2007-02-12T09:35:48+00:002007-02-12T09:35:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/12/fake/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1361968.ece">Fake bloggers soon to be "named and shamed"</a></strong></p>
Apparently due to a new EU directive banning companies from “falsely representing oneself as a consumer”.
<p><small></small>Via <a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/07/02/12/022226.shtml">Slashdot</a></small></p>
<p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/astroturfing">astroturfing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/spam">spam</a></p>