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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 1 year ago

FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October

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FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 1 year ago
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Amazon sued more than 10,000 Facebook group administrators in July 2022 for allegedly brokering fake reviews.
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    How long before Trump publicly rants about this?

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      i’m honestly not sure Trump knows anything about the FTC, and if his campaign was smart these are the kinds of things they’d propose instead of “IVF should be illegal but also you’re a degenerate for not having children”

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      I can already see it: “They’re gonna give everyone healthcare, they’re gonna jail review scammers, they’re gonna let anyone join a union. The monsters.”

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