"Sites Accused of False Advertising"

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked federal courts to stop a wave of fake news sites that entice consumers to buy unproven weight-loss products.

The sites are violating Federal law by using the logos of major news outlets to convince consumers they are reading real news reports. In reality, the sites are advertisements.

Any time a web site owner uses a logo, of any kind, to mislead visitors as to the veracity of the web site - and therefore, a product - they are in violation of Federal law.

This is, of course, in addition to being in violation of a copyright and/or trademark. Deception is deception!

I know, as the Director of Chamber of Commerce - on the Web,™ I will be thrilled to see the day they begin checking organization logos for valid verification links!

Online Red Light District

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently approved the .xxx suffix for porn web sites. So, we'll soon have an organized red-light district online.

It's my understanding that the wholesale price of these domains will be around $60 a year, and registrars can set their own pricing. Lots of money in smut so, by all means, let's cash in.

What blew me away is that ICANN has already registered about 250,000 domains in anticipation, even before the approval!

If people would spend less time on porn sites and more time paying attention to what's going on in the world, maybe we wouldn't be about to outsmart ourselves right out of life as we know it.

Heads have to come out of the butts before we can stand up and say, “No!” (Double entendre intended.)