Amazon sues paid review websitesApril 14, 2015 - 11:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon has filed a lawsuit against four companies that pay people to write product reviews that appear on its website, according to Digital Spy. The online retailer claims that the practice undermines its reviews system and misleads customers into thinking they are from an impartial source. "While small in number, these reviews threaten to undermine the trust that customers, and the vast majority of sellers and manufacturers, place in Amazon, thereby tarnishing Amazon's brand," said Amazon in a statement. The firm is seeking damages from the four companies it has targeted - buyazonreviews.com, buyamazonreviews.com, bayreviews.net and buyreviewsnow.com - and wants them to stop commissioning reviews for its website. The e-commerce giant is also accusing the firms of trademark infringement, violating cyber-squatting regulations, and using underhand methods to sidestep its detection system. Paid-for reviews typically rate a product at either four or five stars, sometimes bumping up its overall rating and helping boost sales. Since the lawsuit was filed last week, bayreviews.net and buyreviewsnow.com have gone offline. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |