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minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoThe rule targets people who write or sell fake reviews. So the FTC could pretend to be a manufacturer soliciting fake reviews, and then go after anyone who offers to sell them.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAnd if the people selling them live in another country?
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThen the FTC can pretend it lives in another country.
The rule targets people who write or sell fake reviews. So the FTC could pretend to be a manufacturer soliciting fake reviews, and then go after anyone who offers to sell them.
And if the people selling them live in another country?
Then the FTC can pretend it lives in another country.