Enlarge (credit: iStock | Getty Images) The UK competition regulator has opened an investigation into Amazon and Google over fake reviews on their sites that may be duping consumers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the two companies may not have done enough to detect and remove fake reviews or to take action against […]
Enlarge / Five-star review. (credit: Getty Images | Khwanchai Phanthong | EyeEm) Amazon today said it can’t stop fake product reviews without help from social media companies, and it blamed those companies for not doing more to prevent solicitation of fake reviews. In a blog post, Amazon said its own “continued improvements in detection of […]
Enlarge / Cardboard boxes made to resemble Amazon packages during a protest outside the home of Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (credit: Getty Images / Bloomberg Collection) Posing as an Amazon seller, a UK consumer group dug into the shady marketplace where fake reviews are sold […]