LONDON, Wash. — Amazon has pledged to beef up the fight against fake reviews, Britain's competition regulator said Friday after an investigation into whether big online platforms are doing enough to ...

Reviews have been a cornerstone of Amazon since it introduced them on its platform back in 1995. At the time, the move was controversial, according to Rebecca Mond, head of external relations for ...

Amazon has vowed to fight fake reviews in the United Kingdom. This is due to a watchdog releasing a report. The Competition and Markets Authority, which began looking at the issue of fake reviews on ...

As wonderful as the internet can be, I feel like it lies to us every day. Fake reviews—seemingly legitimate assessments created by a seller or someone paid by them—are becoming harder to spot. The ...

Amazon.com Inc. has vowed to improve its systems to tackle fake reviews on its online marketplace and act against sellers who “hijack” good reviews following four years of the UK antitrust watchdog’s ...

In two separate lawsuits, Amazon and Google have gone after “bad actors” who they claim are selling and publishing fake reviews of products or businesses on their sites. The two tech giants have filed ...

Online shoppers put a lot of weight on product reviews. A study by Northwestern University found that shoppers are 270 percent more likely to buy a product if it has five reviews versus one with no ...

Trolling Amazon reviews can be art form, like those featured on the Amazon Movie Reviews Twitter (sample review for The Wolf Of Wall Street: “There were no wolves in this movie”), or the legendary ...