Comments on: It’s all over for the astroturfers http://mbites.com/2007/06/20/its_all_over_for_the_astroturfers/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam Michel http://mbites.com/2007/06/20/its_all_over_for_the_astroturfers/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Sam Michel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dev.mbites.com/?p=13#comment-832 Verrrrryy interesting and<br />Verrrrryy interesting and timely. After last night's session <a href="http://live.chinwag.com/socialmediadarkside">Chinwag Live: Dark Side of Social Media</a> in particular. Tim Ireland was very eloquent in explaining his experiences of sock puppets and astroturfers in the political space, so a new law which would curtail corporate (ab)use of the trusted relationships on the networks can't be a bad thing. The podcast will be up on Friday. Enforceable? Hmmm. Guess we'll have to wait and see. The Data Protection Act hasn't exactly been a raging success. Verrrrryy interesting and
Verrrrryy interesting and timely. After last night’s session Chinwag Live: Dark Side of Social Media in particular. Tim Ireland was very eloquent in explaining his experiences of sock puppets and astroturfers in the political space, so a new law which would curtail corporate (ab)use of the trusted relationships on the networks can’t be a bad thing. The podcast will be up on Friday.

Enforceable? Hmmm. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. The Data Protection Act hasn’t exactly been a raging success.

]]> By: Steve Bowbrick http://mbites.com/2007/06/20/its_all_over_for_the_astroturfers/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Steve Bowbrick Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dev.mbites.com/?p=13#comment-833 You can't argue with a bit<br />You can't argue with a bit of consumer protection I suppose. The trouble is that this kind of legislation might tend to chill the new transparency and informality we're seeing in consumer communications. It's often the case that EU consumer legislation misses the boat because it's protecting consumers from threats that no longer exist or that are still a big deal in backward corners of the community. You can’t argue with a bit
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