HONOLULU (KHON2) — Fake reviews are a big problem for online shopping and services. Some businesses or people try to trick customers by writing fake reviews to make their products or services seem ...

Trust is a critical currency in the digital economy, but the problem of fake reviews is rapidly undermining it. This is because the problem, once isolated to shady sellers, has become a sophisticated, ...

LEARN TO SPOT THOSE FAKES. WHETHER YOU’RE HIRING A CONTRACTOR LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT OR SHOPPING ONLINE. CHANCES ARE YOU’VE CHECKED OUT ONLINE REVIEWS. COMPANIES RELY ON REVIEWS TO STAND OUT FROM ...

Once reviews are identified, a company can take steps to remove them. Generally, reviews can be removed in one of three ways: reporting the review to the FTC, reporting the review to the hosting ...

Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they’re asked to pay up. By Stuart A. Thompson Stuart Thompson first wrote about the ...