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1 case
6 Aug 2026 Snow Corporation; SNOW Japan Co., Ltd. (SNOW Japan株式会社)Snow Corporation and SNOW Japan: orders over undisclosed paid posts on X Order
SNOW Japan, to which South Korea's Snow Corporation had left decisions on advertising content in Japan for the jointly offered service, had users of X publish posts about the AI image functions of the 'SNOW' app from April 2025 onwards, for payment and following its instructions, without making the commission recognisable; the posts were treated as advertising by both companies. On 6 August 2026 each of them received an order to stop the display of posts still online, inform consumers and take measures to prevent recurrence.
A foreign provider that leaves its advertising in Japan to a partner remains responsible for undisclosed paid posts.
Stealth marketing and disclosure of paid posts
- Authority / court
- Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, CAA)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Art. 7 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Nr. 3 (Bekanntmachung zu Stealth-Marketing) Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法, Gesetz Nr. 134/1962)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 6 Aug 2026
- 「SNOW」と称するアプリケーションの利用サービスの提供事業者2社に対する景品表示法に基づく措置命令について (Eintrag, 06.08.2026) Press release of an authority
- News Release 06.08.2026 mit Maßnahmenanordnungen 消表対第681号 und 第682号 (PDF) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link