New law to ban fake reviews and protect consumers online
4 years, 2 months ago

New law to ban fake reviews and protect consumers online

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Fake reviews of products will be banned in new Europe-wide laws to protect consumer rights. ‘The rules for consumers in the physical world need to apply online,’ she said in a press release. Social media sites which require people to give up their personal information in order to gain ‘free’ access will need to be clearer about the contract they are entering into with consumers and how it can be ended. demonstrated how easy it was to post scam adverts on Facebook and Google for a fake health advice service and Dutch consumer rights service the Consumentenbond has also been campaigning for more awareness around fake The new law will make it obligatory to make sure that reviews are checked for authenticity before they are published, while paid-for, ‘fake reviews’ will be prohibited by law and subject to fines. ‘We see lots of fake shops that are difficult to distinguish from real ones and we often warn people that it’s very difficult to see if a review is genuine or not.

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