{"id":5243,"date":"2017-08-13T16:20:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T16:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2017-08-13T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:43:36","slug":"meet-the-15-stars-whose-undisclosed-spon-brought-the-ftcs-wrath-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/meet-the-15-stars-whose-undisclosed-spon-brought-the-ftcs-wrath-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 15 Stars Whose (Undisclosed) #Spon Brought the FTC’s Wrath on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet the 15 Stars Whose (Undisclosed) #Spon Brought the FTC's Wrath on Instagram<\/h1>\n

By Bettina Mangiaracina\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Now that Fyre Festival co-founder\u00a0Billy McFarland is charged with fraud, this is the perfect time to list off those top 15 influencers who promoted tickets to the disastrous event to their loyal followers, right?<\/p>\n

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According to\u00a0a leaked Fyre pitch deck obtained by Vanity Fair, all of the stars who promoted the festival on their Instagram accounts did so without the\u00a0standard FTC #ad mention. This led followers to believe that Fyre was a genuine event that the supermodels attended every year, not a paid celebrity endorsement.<\/p>\n

Instead, fans who actually paid the\u00a0$5,000\u2013$250,000\u00a0price tag for the ticket and flew to the Bahamas for the event wound up on an empty, soggy ground with nothing but a bunch of vacant tents and a small table serving soft drinks and sandwiches.<\/p>\n

It was because of Fyre Festival and its huge failure that\u00a0the FTC and Instagram are now cracking down\u00a0on celebrities that fail to mention a sponsored post. So here's our lineup of the 15 celebrities who promoted Fyre Festival but then failed to play by the FTC's rules.<\/p>\n

Read full article and learn more about the FTC and Social Media here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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