This public outcry makes me angry.
Freedom of speech has limits. The same people crying about this regulation would never complain if they reduced this freedom of speech when it comes to pedophiles and other abnormal behaviors.
The internet is currently the flagship of misinformation. While some of you may be honest in your reviews (which I strongly doubt), I doubt you can legitimately build a claim that the affiliate marketing industry isn’t based on lies and deception. Hell, we even purposely hide the links so that people don’t know they’re clicking on an affiliate link, because we want them to think we’re honest.
Now.. you can contest the regulation because it most likely won’t have the desired effects: we all know they can’t effectively police the internet. But please don’t look like a fool arguing about freedom of speech when you’re asking for freedom to bull**** potential customers. Tyranny? If tyranny is the right for people to have legitimate information on internet, I’m a tyrant.