IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 4:43pm

The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s President and CEO has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind its new “blogger rules” because they create an unfair distinction between traditional media and online media.

More specifically, they revoke from online media a First Amendment protection that’s afforded traditional media for generations.

In an open letter, Randall Rothenberg writes: For [...]


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