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

  • julysfire@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 months ago

    The enforcement of this is going to be pretty tough. And the fake reviews by bots will get argued to high hell and back in court. “They aren’t bots, they are real people in click farms”.

    Love the direction but I am not holding my breath until we see some actionable change from this.

    • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 months ago

      That’s not how this works. The rule can’t stop you as a private person. You can still post bot reviews.

      It will apply to businesses, which don’t have the right to remain silent or against searches. If they suspect a business is breaking the rules, they can subpoena the employees, computers and bank records to check if they are breaking the rule. And if they think the employees would risk jail time for perjury or destruction of evidence to protect their employer, they can just raid the offices and seize the computers.