____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 15 November 2007 07:47 : \____
> High Plains Thumper <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> EU cracks down on fake blogger astroturfing
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> But back to the web, and with sneaky marketing campaigns
>>> likely to be more effective than upfront marketing campaigns,
>>> what is stopping companies from simply risking it and
>>> continuing existing practices?
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/03/eu_flogging_ban/
>>
>> I am glad that finally someone is doing something about what
>> IMHO, seems to be false or misleading advertising, AKA a form of
>> comment spamming.
>>
>> It seems that more and more, EU is taking the lead on issues that
>> other countries (US included) should have been doing regarding
>> legal, moral issues.
>>
>
> This is a good thing, in fact, anything which addresses this practice is
> a good thing. It could make the cleanup of cola rather more effective
> in the long-run, too...
It remains to be seen how the EU will identify the crooks. They need access to
server logs and the shills (like Gary Stewart) use zombie PCs around the
world, as well as multiple identities. Seems like an impossible task.
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