Fake reviews banned under new law aimed at protecting online shoppers

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-review-ban-clear-pricing-new-law-b2728063.html

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17 comments

  1. Guess it’ll get even harder to leave negative reviews

  2. I look forward to the fake review part being completely unenforceable.

  3. Lol, whenever I leave an Amazon review about a counterfeit product they sell, it always seems to not be acceptable to publish.

  4. At most, this might stop Amazon sellers that include the notes that offer refunds for leaving a 5 star review.

    I doubt this will be otherwise enforceable in any practical sense.

  5. Not sure how this would work. I generally just ignore the 1 and 5 star reviews, and read what people write under the others.

  6. Amazon: “Oh well, moving on want these headphones by XTRYBL? They’ve got loads of five star reviews from helpful community members who only review this brand’s products.”

  7. Hope this mean that companies like trustedreviews and trip advisor get shut down. Idk if it’s the same thing but they delete bad reviews for their premium subscribers and lower SEO for companies that refuse to buy their marketing

  8. stopped buying from ebay due to fake reviews

    vastly reduced buying from amazon due to fake reviews

    never employed builders from trade sites due to fake reviews

    lessons learnt, blue club lure of lucre = corruption, greed and downright dishonesty

  9. That’s something like 90% of amazon reviews gone then, right?

  10. Are retailers allowed to remove reviews fake or otherwise from 3rd party review sites like trust pilot? If so, how do you stop them removing negative but genuine posts? I’m sensing another badly thought out Internet policy….

  12. But I love fake reviews so much, I’ve already ordered another one for a friend.

  13. I just wrote a fake review on Amazon, nothing is happening

  14. Will people be arrested for posting reviews that are deemed “fake” now? I mean they will arrest you for posting naughty words online. Let it not be said that the online community is well policed but real crime is hard so they don’t want to do that.

  15. How they going to enforce it, have the receipt police come around and vet you purchase.

  16. Can they do the same for all the fake movie and game reviews?.

    So tired of seeing an imdb score of 7+ only to see its boosted by hundreds of 10/10 scores from new accounts.

  17. Fake Reviewers:
    >”Wait, this wasn’t already banned? Oh well…”

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