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Credit: BBC News, 9/02/21 A man who left a negative review of a legal firm on the TrustPilot website has been ordered to pay £25,000 ($34,000) in libel damages. "Philip James Waymouth engaged London law firm Summerfield Browne online to provide advice but was unsatisfied with the service he received.""He then left a re
Bank Fraud News Despite promises of better safeguarding for bank customers, there are still many examples of people losing huge sums to such frauds. KwikChex has recently been assisting a consumer that had paid £70,000 to a bogus investment business that was masquerading as another, registered business. We were able to
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
As usual, KwikChex had a good deal of media coverage during 2016, including the following TripAdvisor criticised after closed Tunisian terror hotel given top award https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/tripadvisor-under-fire-over-award-for-tunisian-hotel/ Telegraph.co.uk, 26 Feb 2016 TripAdvisor accused of unreliabil
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 revi
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
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
Credits: BBC News By: Kevin Rawlinson A French judge has ruled against a blogger because her scathing restaurant review was too prominent in Google search results. The judge ordered that the post’s title be amended and told the blogger Caroline Doudet to pay damages. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.bbc.
Credits: BBC News By: Dave Lee After widespread criticism, Google has begun reinstating some links it had earlier removed under the controversial "right to be forgotten" ruling. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.bbc.co.uk
BBC Click – The BBC’s flagship technology programme What happens to a business when somebody deliberately fakes online feedback… Click Here to listen to the Interview
Credits: BBC News By: Dave Lee Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.bbc.co.uk
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
