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Official release: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/...

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41249189)

im not sure if this is enforceable as most bots are outside US jursidction and would be impossible to gauge in some cases as they use residential proxies ex) Brightdata

"This means that for an e-commerce site with hundreds of thousands of reviews, penalties for fake or manipulated reviews could quickly add up."

I think this is implying the fines go to the site hosting the reviews. It puts the enforcement onto Amazon for example.

i see. this means ecommerce websites need to link review to purchases or face penalties. if they can't prove it then they must take down those non linked reviews to avoid penalties.

this leads to the question can someone create massive amount of fake reviews on a competitor website

we'll have to see the penalties on Amazon if these new fatwas from FTC have any bite

Bright Data doesn't let you act behind a login. You can't use their network to post fake reviews or post anything for that matter. Public data only.

This covers review swapping as well. Does this mean Amazon finally has to act?

Glassdoor has a lot to combat negetive reviews. Same with most apartment complexes.

FTC bans fake online reviews