Facebook And Twitter Groups Found Still Offering Fake Amazon Reviews
https://www.forbes.comFacebook is failing to tackle fake review ‘factories’ with hundreds of thousands of members, according to a new report.
Consumer group Which? says the groups are offering refunds for Amazon products in exchange for five-star reviews, against Amazon’s terms and conditions.
It uncovered 18 Facebook groups with a total of more than 200,000 members, some dating as far back as 2011 and 2014 – despite Facebook’s repeated pledges to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it would crack down on this type of activity on its platform.
Within minutes of joining the Facebook groups, researchers were offered hundreds of free Amazon items, from dog beds to web cams, in exchange for five-star reviews.
