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Episode: Amazon, Tripadvisor, and other companies team up to battle fake reviews while FTC seeks to ban them
Description: Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said on October 12 that they’re going to team up to battle fake reviews.
Amazon, review sites Glassdoor and Trustpilot, as well as travel companies Expedia Group, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor said in an announcement that they’re launching a coalition that aims to protect access to “trustworthy consumer reviews" worldwide.
The companies said the members of the group, which will be called Coalition for Trusted Reviews, will look for best practices for hosting online reviews and share methods on how to detect fake ones. That will include developing standa...