Amazon files lawsuit against ‘fake reviewers’

In the US, Amazon has filed a lawsuit against more than 1000 people it claims are writing fake reviews on its website, reports the Guardian. The company claims the defendants in its lawsuit, whose identifies are not known, are offering fake reviews for as little as US$5 (A$6.88) through the sales website Fiverr. In its lawsuit, it says these reviews ‘threaten to undermine the trust that customers, and the vast majority of sellers and manufacturers, place in Amazon, thereby tarnishing Amazon’s brand’. According to the Guardian, Amazon has previously sued a number of websites for selling fake reviews, and is also using ‘algorithmic filtering’ to tackle fake reviews and inflated star ratings.

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