Fake Reviewers Face the Wrath of Khan
22nd October 2024
Fake review writers are officially on watch – the US is now enforcing a new rule to ban the practice and is promising a crackdown.
“As of today, @FTC’s final rule banning fake online reviews and testimonials has come into effect,” the head of the agency Lina Khan wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “If you encounter any of these prohibited practices, you can report them to @FTC at: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov.”
And then what? How are they going to identify the perpetrators? How are they going to identify the perpetrators with the surety that legal rules of evidence require? Or are they just going to do the Deep State dance and hit people with penalties on the basis of rumor and suspicion?