The FTC warns influencers to disclose when they’re paid to be sweet on aspartame It’s fine to say aspartame is safe — but not to obscure that you’re being paid to do it. | Photo by Long Wei/VCG via Getty ImagesThe first rule of sponsored content: You have to tell people it was paid for. Today, the Federal Trade Commission publicly admonished over a dozen health influencers for publishing videos on TikTok and Instagram about …

Despite Aspartame Warning, Beverage Companies Likely to Stick With It A health agency warned the artificial sweetener may be a carcinogen, but others say that risk is overblown and consumers flock to the taste.

Breaking Up With Diet Soda? Here Are 11 Aspartame-Free Drink Alternatives. If the World Health Organization’s warning about the artificial sweetener has you worried, try these other refreshers.

Aspartame and Cancer: What to Know About the WHO’s Advice Experts say there’s no need to panic about your diet soda habit.

Aspartame is Possibly Linked to Cancer in Humans, the WHO Says The F.D.A. and the powerful beverage industry protested the new findings, and a second W.H.O. group stood by its standard that the sweetener is generally safe.