Fine for influencer for missing advertising labels on Instagram. Fine for influencers for missing Advertising labels on Facebook and Instagram.
Stuttgart Higher Regional Court has highlighted important legal limits with a recent ruling (ref. 6 ORbs 24 Ss 89/23). An influencer was fined €9,500 after it was discovered that she was advertising various products on her Instagram channel without properly labeling them as advertising. The affected influencer, who has a remarkable number of 400,000 followers on Instagram, was warned by the State Office for Communications due to 19 identified violations.