Yeah, I've seen some rumours rumbling that the FTC isn't done yet and are planning to go after them for even more stuff in the near future. I'll believe it when I see it though. And if I do see it I'm still assuming it'll only be because bezos backed the wrong horse in DC and is being punished for it, not out of any actual care for consumers.
I'm sure this won't be used to silence real users giving negative reviews of a major company's products and protecting obvious shill reviews. More likely this is going to lead to all user reviews being taken down if there's any liability aimed at the company hosting them and all we'll be left with is a handful of company approved reviewers who will give nothing but praise. At least with user reviews honesty can sometimes slip through the cracks uncensored.
The Prime lawsuit and now this. Someone at Amazon pissed off someone in the government.
Yeah, I've seen some rumours rumbling that the FTC isn't done yet and are planning to go after them for even more stuff in the near future. I'll believe it when I see it though. And if I do see it I'm still assuming it'll only be because bezos backed the wrong horse in DC and is being punished for it, not out of any actual care for consumers.
I'm sure this won't be used to silence real users giving negative reviews of a major company's products and protecting obvious shill reviews. More likely this is going to lead to all user reviews being taken down if there's any liability aimed at the company hosting them and all we'll be left with is a handful of company approved reviewers who will give nothing but praise. At least with user reviews honesty can sometimes slip through the cracks uncensored.
myself, i think this is going to be weaponized... bringing america's court problems to the retail space.
(X) Doubt
When was the last time the FTC did anything useful?
Stop spam phonecalls. Oh wait.
Probably a good thing. I’ve made a bit of money leaving fake reviews.
No way they'll go oppressing Olivia from Bolivia! Say it ain't so!