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tele68 t1_j93lk1f wrote

Reply to comment by Sansa_Culotte_ in Transparency and Trust in News Media by ADefiniteDescription

Agree. Somewhere else in this thread I tried to say that. "Gatekeepers today are as craven as any Youtuber, just with different chains of command" or some such.

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Sansa_Culotte_ t1_j93q2mg wrote

The difference is that at least with mainstream news, some countries require them to disclose when they are publishing a sponsored or embedded journalist piece, and they are often required to pay at least nominal homage to the facticity of an event. No such restrictions exist for online personalities, as far as I know.

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ReneDeGames t1_j93tixw wrote

If you are directly sponsored you have to disclose as a online content creator, however, its not enforced well (tho it is enforced better than it was)

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