Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble

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Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble
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What does "analyzing" mean?

They detect when a whole bunch of reviews are posted at exactly the same time, or are posted on a fixed schedule, or use extremely similar language, or with a brand new account...

Basically they use spam-detection techniques on reviews.

What does “techniques” mean?

It’s that Lego that’s slightly more advanced