Cool, but if (for example) the seller is based outside the UK, and the review farms are outside the UK… Doesn’t this count for dick?
That is surely going to stop it. Maybe funding the existing systems might be a good idea?!
Is that news article a link to the BBC……
bahaha
“The UK government claims the average household spends £60 on unwanted subscriptions per year”
fucking ass hats. I dont, nor ever had any subscriptions. Mind you, my energy just went up to £1900 a year. Thats pretty much all unwanted. Can i give e-on 0 stars review or will i get… governmented…
What an outstanding article. It has a great pool and the food is outstanding, I only wish I could stay longer as the merino wool really is genuine. 5 stars, if only I could award more.
At least it will be “clearly illegal” – we don’t want anyone accidentally breaking the law because it wasn’t clear to them .
Pretty sure leaving fake reviews is already illegal, at least in a civil case – It would count as slander or libel depending on how it’s presented, since you can’t form a fair or honest opinion about the product in question if you’ve never used it.
This isn’t going to really do anything since it’s obvious that criminals are already ignoring the law anyway, really.
How are they going to differentiate genuine from fake reviews? Not sure there’s anyway to tell.
Does this go the other way? Can companies get fined for hiding bad reviews, even though they are truthful.
Most reviews are disingenuous anyway. Either had 5* because the waitress pressured me or 1-* because I’m fucked off.
So do I need to check whether the end client is in the UK before taking review writing jobs now? Or is it just posting / commissioning them that’s illegal, not actually producing them?
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Cool, but if (for example) the seller is based outside the UK, and the review farms are outside the UK… Doesn’t this count for dick?
That is surely going to stop it. Maybe funding the existing systems might be a good idea?!
Is that news article a link to the BBC……
bahaha
“The UK government claims the average household spends £60 on unwanted subscriptions per year”
fucking ass hats. I dont, nor ever had any subscriptions. Mind you, my energy just went up to £1900 a year. Thats pretty much all unwanted. Can i give e-on 0 stars review or will i get… governmented…
What an outstanding article. It has a great pool and the food is outstanding, I only wish I could stay longer as the merino wool really is genuine. 5 stars, if only I could award more.
At least it will be “clearly illegal” – we don’t want anyone accidentally breaking the law because it wasn’t clear to them .
Pretty sure leaving fake reviews is already illegal, at least in a civil case – It would count as slander or libel depending on how it’s presented, since you can’t form a fair or honest opinion about the product in question if you’ve never used it.
This isn’t going to really do anything since it’s obvious that criminals are already ignoring the law anyway, really.
How are they going to differentiate genuine from fake reviews? Not sure there’s anyway to tell.
Does this go the other way? Can companies get fined for hiding bad reviews, even though they are truthful.
Most reviews are disingenuous anyway. Either had 5* because the waitress pressured me or 1-* because I’m fucked off.
So do I need to check whether the end client is in the UK before taking review writing jobs now? Or is it just posting / commissioning them that’s illegal, not actually producing them?
It’s a great idea !!!!
Actually , that’s not true.