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Amazon targets review firms with legal action
Source: BBC
Amazon targets review firms with legal action
By Zoe Kleinman
Technology editor
6 May 2022
Amazon is taking legal action against four companies it has accused of deliberately flooding its shopping platform with fake reviews.
Three of the firms had nearly 350,000 reviewers on their books.
The companies act as unofficial brokers between Amazon sellers and individuals who write reviews, the tech giant says.
The reviewers get free products and a small fee in return for each review, and the firm charges the seller a fee for boosting its ratings on Amazon.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61348521
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