#consumerreviews — Public Fediverse posts

Scammers Are Using Fake Reviews to Extort Small Businesses - Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on G... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/fake-reviews-small-businesses.html #extortionandblackmail #fraudsandswindling #consumerreviews #smallbusiness

Fake Reviews Are Rampant Online. Can a Crackdown End Them? - A wave of regulation and industry action have placed the flourishing fake review business... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/technology/fake-reviews-crackdown.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #onlineadvertising #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #europeanunion #jamesletitia #googleinc #yelp

A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks - Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #booktradeandpublishing #federaltradecommission #travelandvacations #booksandliterature #writingandwriters #e-booksandreaders #condenasttraveler #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #amazonkindle

A.I.-Generated News, Reviews and Other Content Found on Websites - The findings in two new reports raise fresh concerns over how artificial intelligence may... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/technology/ai-generated-content-discovered-on-news-sites-content-farms-and-product-reviews.html #newsguardtechnologiesinc #rumorsandmisinformation #advertisingandmarketing #artificialintelligence #linkedincorporation #newsandnewsmedia #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #instagraminc #socialmedia

How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet - The number of users has plummeted, and its stock price has dropped. Former employees poin... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/business/media/wish-online-dollar-store.html #advertisingandmarketing #universityofwaterloo #sanfrancisco(calif) #mobileapplications #customerrelations #onlineadvertising #shoppingandretail #consumerreviews #discountselling #e-commerce

Fashion Nova Is Fined for Suppressing Negative Reviews - Fashion Nova held lower-starred reviews for approval before they could be posted, the F.T... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/business/fashion-nova-reviews.html #sundayrileymodernskincarellc #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #consumerprotection #fashionandapparel #consumerreviews #fashionnovainc #e-commerce

Amazon’s Great Purge - Evictions of some popular products evictions tell us a lot about untrustworthy internet r... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/technology/amazons-great-purge.html #computersandtheinternet #customerrelations #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #e-commerce

Has Online Retail’s Biggest Bully Returned? - Outraged customers of Eyeglassesdepot.com sound like the victims of a man who’s already s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/has-online-retails-biggest-bully-returned.html #threatsandthreateningmessages #sheepsheadbay(brooklynny) #computersandtheinternet #counterfeitmerchandise #eyeglassesdepot.com #fraudsandswindling #computersecurity #decormyeyes.com #consumerreviews #opticsfastinc #borkervitaly #e-commerce #trustpilot