01 Sep, 2023 Fake Reviews Redux By Terri Seligman Back in April 2022, we reported on an FTC action against the New York-based online room and roommate finder platform, Roomster, its...
13 Sep, 2022 “Improving the health of the online review ecosystem” By Terri Seligman In a Business Blog post today, Samuel Levine, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, provided some warnings and guidance to...
06 Sep, 2022 Fake Reviews in FTC and State Crosshairs (again) By Terri Seligman Finding an affordable apartment in New York is no mean feat. Indeed, even if someone’s not trying to rip you off, it’s hard. A friend...
06 Aug, 2022 Amazon Sues Thousands of Sellers of Fake Reviews (Again) By Terri Seligman In a complaint with several paragraphs devoted to describing its own efforts to protect the integrity of the product review ecosystem,...
27 Feb, 2020 Yelp Names And Shames Business Buying Reviews By Terri Seligman Earlier this month, I blogged about the FTC’s enforcement action against LendEDU for operating pay-to-play review sites that purported to...
21 Oct, 2019 Liar Liar Pants On Fire! The FTC Goes After Fake Online Reviews By Terri Seligman The FTC announced two settlements today involving fake product reviews. In the first case, against Devumi LLC and its CEO, the FTC...