Why Did the Federal Trade Commission Set New Rules About

question 90

Multiple Choice

Why did the Federal Trade Commission set new rules about PR blogging in 2009?

• A) It was concerned about the use of sexually explicit images.
• B) It was worried about company representatives altering Wikipedia entries.
• C) It was concerned about "mom bloggers" offering advice about consumer products while secretly getting money and gifts from the companies they reviewed.
• D) It didn't like the fact that some companies had Facebook pages.
• E) It was concerned that some politicians were using social media like Twitter to seem more warm and friendly when they were really cold and distant.

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Definitions:

RFID

Radio-Frequency Identification, a technology using wireless non-contact use of radio waves to transfer data for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects.

Two-Dimensional Code

A matrix barcode that stores information both horizontally and vertically, such as a QR code.

Active RFID Codes

Radio-frequency identification tags that have their own power source, allowing them to transmit data over longer distances than passive RFID tags.

Track

To monitor or follow the progress or movement of an object, individual, or trend over time.