FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October
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Amazon sued more than 10,000 Facebook group administrators in July 2022 for allegedly brokering fake reviews.

Takes effect in October, finally some good news

      • Wogi@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Lowe’s is horrible about this too. Most of the big box stores are but Lowe’s seems to be the most egregious about it

    • bustAsh@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I updated my Firefox browser. Now, when viewing a product on Amazon, Firefox rates the reviews A-F based on whether or not they are reliable.

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Maybe they shouldn’t have 6,000 versions of the same thing under different fake brands sold by fake companies.

      Clean that up and the rest becomes a hell of a lot easier.