Congress Shall Make No Law....except this one!

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” –United States Constitution, First Amendment
Comments From Mike Brasovan's blog:  "New regulations from the Federal Trade Commission, scheduled to take effect December 1, seek to bring bloggers under greater scrutiny than ever before. The 4-0 vote by the commission attempts to establish clear motives of bloggers when voicing opinions. If found in violation of the new code, bloggers and advertisers could be charged up to $11,000 per violation. Infractions could even mean the violator will have to reimburse consumers for losses due to the bad or misleading blogs. This seems to me to be another example of an extremely vague regulation passed by a group of un-elected officials to scare bloggers and attempt to dampen their desire to share information."

If you click on Brasovan's link (above) you will find two other links that lead you to the original FOX News report and the FCC's announcement. http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm.  Excerpt:  "Under the revised Guides, advertisements that feature a consumer and convey his or her experience with a product or service as typical when that is not the case will be required to clearly disclose the results that consumers can generally expect."  The rule change is 12 pages long, gives several examples of the application of the rule change, etc.

Hopefully this only applies to "advertisements" and not our RIGHT to express our opinions (Free Speech).