Comment: Re:Wait, what now? (Score 1) 390
A bit off-topic, but people who are paid by companies to post in forums should be required by law to state that. It's like in newspapers where ads that look like articles are required to indicate that they are ads.
No. In newspapers that only happens when the ad is selling something. If they have a paid "article" to push a social or political agenda, or to say nice things about a company or a product, they don't tell you. It is only when the advertisement itself is directly selling something that they have to tell you.
Note that no law protects honestly. Only false advertising is prohibited. And pro-[company] astroturfing benefits a company, but it is not selling anything directly and so even if it is a lie it is legal.