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Proposed Regulation of Social Media: More of the same from a “Nanny” Government or a Legitimate Safeguard?

Posted April 3rd, 2009 by Glenn Seaberg

Glenn Seaberg
Spyder Trap Online Marketing
The Federal Trade Commission is moving quickly to limit speech on social media channels including Facebook and Twitter (FT.com). Can anyone be surprised? At first glance this appears another overreaching big government power grab. After all, social media has become a phenomenon that government neither created nor even [...]

Tags: government regulation, Online Marketing, Social Media

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Red-handed and Red-faced

Posted March 5th, 2009 by Glenn Seaberg

Glenn Seaberg
Spyder Trap Online Marketing
I recently witnessed a business get caught red-handed after stealing, copying and using their competitor’s online sales material. More on that in a second…
Remember the story about the promising college grad whose Facebook picture depicted him with half a dozen cans of Bud Ice, a funnel and a length of [...]

Tags: Business Ethics, Minneapolis Online Marketing

Filed under:Online Marketing Ethics