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Old 10-18-2015, 02:59 PM   #44
jswinden
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Originally Posted by MikeB1972 View Post
You could possibly slant the libel laws to fit (certainly for fake 1 star reviews), failing that you can class reviews as advertising, in which case you could use a huge amount of consumer protection laws - starting with false advertising going through misrepresentation and so on.
I don't think there are nearly as many fake 1 star reviews as there are 5 star reviews. One star reviews tend to be from individuals who either hate the company who made the product (haters), people who or too moronic to know how to operate the product, people who let a very minor issue overwhelm there judgement, people who did not read all the description and consequently ordered something different from what they thought they ordered, or of course people who really think a sucky product deserves only 1 star. I doubt there are many 1 star ratings that are faked by companies that are hired to fake ratings. If there are, then they are sabotaging their competition and that is another legal matter altogether.
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