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KwikChex on BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates Online Reviews Under Fire Again
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BBC, KwikChex In The Media
KwikChex has once again assisted BBC investigative journalists, providing information on problems with online reviews websites. Director and Co-Founder of KwikChex, Chris Emmins was also interviewed on Adrian Goldberg's programme. – discussing how TripAdvisor prioritise Online Travel Agents (OTAs) that pay TripAdvisor in their search results. TripAdvisor now prefers consumers to see 'deals' from their OTA commercial […]
CMA Report highlights concerns over Online Reviews
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BBC coverage of release of a report by the UK Competition & Markets Authority on Online Reviews. KwikChex were one of the key participants in the CMA investigation. KwikChex is now in the process of launching a comprehensive, verifiable resource to solve the problems caused to consumers and businesses by fake reviews. The resource is […]
Fake Online Reviews – KwikChex works with BBC to expose Review Fraud
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KwikChex were featured on the 6 O'Clock BBC News after our investigations team worked with BBC reporters to uncover review fraud involving a Payday Loan company that had fake reviews posted on Trustpilot. The reviews used stolen identities – including one of a deceased young mother. KwikChex is now in the process of launching a […]
'Revenge porn' Facebook post leads to jail sentence
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Credits: BBC News A man has been jailed after breaking a "revenge porn" law introduced in California last October. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.bbc.co.uk
Trip Advisor 'fake reviews' investigated in Italy
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Credits: BBC News Travel-rating service Trip Advisor is being investigated in Italy over concerns the site is not doing enough to prevent fake reviews. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.bbcnews.co.uk
Credits: BBC News 'Fair-trade officials in Taiwan are looking into reports that Samsung paid people to criticise rival HTC online. Samsung is alleged to have hired students to post negative comments about phones made by Taiwan's HTC. If found guilty of engaging in "false advertising", Samsung and its local agent could face fines of up […]
Victims learn how to beat cyberbullies
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Credits: BBC News 'Cyberbullying is a growing problem with attacks often having a lasting effect on the victims. Inside Out looks at two victims of internet bullying who have decided to find a solution to the problem. Seventeen-year-old Conor, a student and musician from Shropshire, was bullied on a website where people could vote on […]
Q&A: Who are internet trolls – and how is the law changing?
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Credits: BBC News 'Website operators in the UK may soon have to identify people who have posted defamatory messages online, allowing the victim to undertake legal action against the "troll" rather than against the website.' Above excerpts and read the full article on www.bbc.co.uk
TripAdvisor rebuked over 'trust' claims on review site
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Credits: BBC News 'TripAdvisor has been ordered to rewrite some of its marketing claims by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority. The ruling follows complaints by hotels that the site had said that its holiday reviews could be "trusted". The watchdog said that the ruling served as a warning to all sites with user-generated material. It […]
KwikChex and BBC News successful again over fake review removal
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KwikChex member Medieval Lodge in Hastings, UK today had a fake review removed from their TripAdvisor profile after the BBC reported the distress and damage being caused on their flagship breakfast news programme. KwikChex has traced the person responsible and is considering further action. Watch the BBC news clip. Further information and update on this […]
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