Fake Reviews, Corporate Gag Orders Eyed by Feds
Consumers have come to rely on online reviews to make decisions about important purchases but can be misled by fake reviews and by companies’ efforts to waylay negative reviews. The …
Amazon Sues Sites Over Fake Product Reviews
Amazon has filed lawsuits against two websites that it accuses of orchestrating fake reviews in return for money and free products. The suit charges that AppSally and Rebatest are misleading …
Fashion Nova Fined $4.2 Million for Blocking Negative Reviews
Online reviews have been around for more than two decades and have been subject to all kinds of manipulation and whitewashing without much in the way of action from the …
NY Times Wirecutter Staff Prepares to Strike
A planned strike at a popular product review site has journalists around the country abuzz. Editors and reviewers for Wirecutter, a New York Times website, are planning a strike over …
Amazon Cracks Down on ‘Pay for Praise’ Scams
Amazon has banished more than 50,000 sellers from its platform as part of an effort to stop vendors from paying customers for writing good reviews about their products, Bloomberg reports. …