Facebook is now letting influencers turn their paid content into sponsored posts by tagging brands they're working with and then allowing advertisers to boost those posts without sharing them first. Brand execs are worried.

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"As long as [Facebook's] data is consistently wrong, I don't care." Brand managers, editorial directors and social media managers at the Digiday Content Marketing Summit discussed their biggest challenges, including Facebook and ROI.

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Influencer marketing on Facebook is about to get more expensive

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Facebook encourages social stars to label their content as sponsored posts and marketers to place paid media behind influencer posts.

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“Blind buying has gone full circle, and it's multiplied.”

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