Category: fake reviews

Sunday Riley settles with FTC over fraudulent skincare reviews

Post author By Randall
Post date October 21, 2019
Categories In beauty, devumi, fake reviews, Ftc, gear, government, Internet, Politics, regulation, sephora, skincare, sunday riley, Tech

[ad_1] The settlement unsurprisingly bars Sunday Riley from posting fake reviews, but also requires that it clearly identify endorsers (and their connections), and asks it to “instruct” staff on their own disclosure responsibilities. Not everyone is pleased with the proposed settlement, however. The two dissenting FTC commissioners, Rohit Chopra and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, pointed out […]

Senators want to know why Amazon Choice recommends junk

Post author By Randall
Post date August 12, 2019
Categories In Amazon, amazon choice, business, Entertainment, fake reviews, Internet, Politics, Robots, senator blumenthal, senator menendez, services, Tech, us senate

[ad_1] “We are concerned the badge is assigned in an arbitrary manner, or worse, based on fraudulent product reviews. While, we recognize that Amazon has taken actions in the past to combat fraudulent reviews — the problem persists — and Amazon may be exacerbating the problem by actively promoting products with fraudulent reviews,” wrote the […]