YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else?

Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it as a clear explainer on sponsorship and ad disclosure rules and their inconsistency across media.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Tom Scott

Topic

advertising disclosure rules

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

10

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• A bit unrelated, but if you want a overview of sponsorships in different media platforms across different countries (mostly Britain and US though), I suggest watching Tom Scott's excellent video: [VIDEO] . (Note that the video is ~30 minutes long. It's unfortunately that complicated, even …

• On the subject, Tom Scott has a great video on the inconsistency that online influencers and youtubers have to declare ads/product-placements while traditional media does not. [VIDEO]

• > Influencers are actually some of the only advertisers who aren’t well regulated in Europe, When was the last time you saw product placements being clearly labeled in TV shows/movies? For most people, the answer is "never". Just because we are used to it doesn't …