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Advertisers May Face Ridicule For Adware

Posted by Zonk on from the waking-up-to-reality dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A ZDNet article reports that the FTC may be gearing up to humiliate companies that advertise via adware." From the article: "The FTC would publicly announce and publish the name of a company that advertises using adware that installs itself surreptitiously on consumer PCs or using spyware, Leibowitz said. He would recommend publicly shaming advertisers to the other FTC commissioners if the adware problem doesn't decrease, he said."

4 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. BRILLIANT MOVE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You know, the one thing these types of "advertisers" really hate is free publicity...

  2. That's just f'ing great!... by tfcdesign · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Punish advertisers by advvertising their name. Mark my words, government is living proof we came from monkeys!

  3. Perfect! by kai.chan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What a great plan! Public exposure: Just what the companies wanted.

  4. free advertising by xPsi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So the FCC's answer seems to be to provide free shameful advertising to prevent paid shameful advertising....

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