On March 16, 2022, Meta Platforms, Inc. (previously known as “Facebook”) filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against Chad Taylor Cowan (the owner of Customer Feedback Score Solutions) for allegedly providing fake Facebook engagement services. This case is part of Facebook’s ongoing efforts to remove and deter fake engagement and advertising from […]
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April 5, 2019 This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had reached a settlement of charges that it had brought against a company and its owner for practices that the FTC alleged violated negative option and online review laws. What was the nature of the alleged online review law violations?
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June 2, 2017 This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had reached a settlement of charges against two brothers for deceptive advertising in connection with fabricated online reviews. Specifically, the FTC alleged that the brothers directed consumers to websites which they claimed were independent, without disclosing the fact that one of the
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April 27, 2016 Last year, we reported on a lawsuit filed by Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) in Washington State against the owners of four websites offering paid online reviews. Last Friday, Amazon filed another such lawsuit against a number of similar Amazon product reviewers. Why should sellers, paid reviewers and review-hosting websites be concerned about online
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