German Instagram influencer Cathy Hummels, the wife of Bayern Munich football player Mats Hummels, won a case on Monday after a court in the southern city of Munich dismissed a complaint that she had not disclosed some of her Instagram posts as paid advertisements.
The Social Competition Association (VSW) had complained about four posts on Hummels' Instagram account because they contained links to beauty companies without any advertisement labels.
In Germany, it is illegal not to disclose paid advertisements on social media.
The court ruled that the posts in the complaint were not unlabeled advertising.
It said there was no obligation to label the posts as such because there was no proof she had been paid for them.
Hummels, the 31-year-old wife of Bayern Munich football player Mats Hummels, has almost half a million followers on Instagram.
The court said its decision should not be generalized to other bloggers or influencers.
Each case should be examined individually to determine whether advertising was recognizable, it said. From DW
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