Why I’m Complying With the FTC Regime for Bloggers Even Though I Don’t Have To

A view from a blogger outside the USA about the FTC’s new “guidance” on disclosure One of my first thoughts on learning this week of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announcement on endorsements and testimonials was that as I don’t live in the US it does not apply to me. One of my next…

Social Media in the Public Sector: Workshop Presentation

On Monday last I spoke in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, at a Government 2.0 workshop. My subject was “Why parliamentarians and public sector managers need to participate actively in social media”. I used some slides to illustrate particular points: Gov20canberra0609 View more documents from Des Walsh. The video of the presentation is here: Public Sphere:…