Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect
by LargeWu on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:07PM
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Some will be obvious, such as a review for a book or game or other media item that hasn't been publicly released. I would expect a platform such as Amazon would have responsibility to suppress reviews for items that are not, and have never been for sale. A flood of reviews all coming in immediately after the product goes on sale, or a statistically improbable distribution of geographic locations would also be suspicious.
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Re:FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect
by FateOfNations on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @12:31AM
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Amazon has a program (Amazon Vine Voices) that enables sellers and brands to send select customers pre-release items for review before the product goes on sale. Sellers/brands can also do that outside their sales platform. Note that these are almost always "free products in exchange for review" and are supposed to be appropriately disclosed.