By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook's Instagram has agreed measures to crack down on hidden advertising by so-called influencers on its photo and video platform, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday.
Influencers with thousands of followers can earn large fees from companies to promotes a product on Instagram.
In what the CMA described as an important behaviour shift by a major social media platform, Facebook Ireland, which operates Instagram in Britain, has committed to a package of changes.
"This will make it much harder for people to post an advert on Instagram without labelling it as such," the CMA said in a statement.
Facebook said the company was pleased to be working with the CMA on its ...
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