• glimse@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yes, someone who promotes a product while hiding the fact that they’ve been paid to promote the product. Streamers generally say “this is a sponsored stream” to avoid lawsuits.

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      2 days ago

      someone who promotes a product while hiding the fact that they’ve been paid

      Streamers generally say “this is a sponsored stream”

      So by your own definition streamers are generally not shills?

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        If someone starts off saying “this is a sponsores stream” then yes, that is correct. It’s illegal to not disclose when media is an advertisement in most of the world. I’m pretty sure it’s against the TOS of most streaming sites, too.