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2. Opinion - FTC rules on fake reviews aren’t enough: Hold sites ...

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   Fake reviews permeate review sites today, deceiving millions of consumers and harming thousands of honest businesses. ... Posting fake Google and Trustpilot reviews for American businesses ...

3. Trustpilot - Wikipedia

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   In February 2020, the BBC reported that Trustpilot had removed at least 2.2 million fake reviews. Of these fake reviews, 1.5 million were deleted with fraud protection software and 600,000 were removed manually. 469,000 companies reported fake reviews, and around 90,000 fake reviews were removed by consumers. [18]

4. Trustpilot CEO: Here’s why we support the FTC’s ... - AOL

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   In 2023 alone, Trustpilot eliminated over 3.3 million fraudulent reviews.

5. FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect - AOL

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   A federal rule banning fake online reviews is now in effect. The Federal Trade Commission issued the rule in August banning the sale or purchase of online reviews. “Fake reviews not only waste ...

6. KwikChex - Wikipedia

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   In 2015, Emmins appeared on a BBC News investigations programme after a KwikChex investigation revealed that most of the reviews on online reviews site Trustpilot for a business named Bizzyloans, were fake and that one involved identity theft, using the name and picture of a woman who had died.

7. Review bomb - Wikipedia

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   A negative review bomb can also backfire and incite a positive review bomb of the same target. For example, AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic in February 2020 by a single person through the use of numerous sock puppet accounts. The individual initially claimed that this was meant to highlight the flaws of Metacritic's user ...

8. FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence ...

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   Amazon, for example, sued over 10,000 Facebook group administrators in July 2022 for brokering fake reviews. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the FTC’s new rule ...

9. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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   Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.