New Google lawsuit aims to curb fake business reviews

gibbedygook@sh.itjust.works to Technology@kbin.social – 17 points – New Google lawsuit aims to curb fake business reviews
reuters.com

Good, there's always a bunch of fake astroturfed reviews.

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@gibbedygook lol it took this long? omg! I got muted for saying I had a awful experience with a business. but a bunch of gushing creepypasta reviews were ok.

Yeah I'm surprised. better late than never.

@gibbedygook lol yep. lol let me tell you something. I had. key word had a bunch of cool af remixes of songs from some local artists on youtube. a few gave me wavs or mp3s to put up on youtube. I liked the remixes. a bunch of classical, some were remixed 80s music. So I put them on youtube, in a playlist. Just saying it was free and were good remixes. Others were rare AF recordings of classical pieces.
I don't know how fast it was for google to winge about coppy right...but it was fast.
but bullshit reviews from bots? that was tollerated...egad.

You know how when businesses screw over their employees and a bunch of people hear about it and go leave a review of that business?

Yeah, I’m betting this is more about screwing over employees and regular people, despite ostensible reasons.

@gibbedygook What is it about..how I say. I strangely specific kind of person from oddly specific areas. Where they bullshit reviews? And why am I not surprised crunchies bit on the bs hook line and sinker? sigh.

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