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In February 2012 after challenging TripAdvisor over fake reviews for more than a year, a complaint submitted by KwikChex to the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) was upheld. In the ruling, phrases such as "reviews you can trust" and "reviews from real travelers" were judged to be misleading and TripAdvisor were
Credits: BBC News ‘More than 200 people have been prosecuted since a new revenge porn law came into force in England and Wales last year, a Crown Prosecution Service report on crimes against women shows.’ ‘It became an offence to share private sexual photographs or films without the subject’s consent in Eng
Credits: Daily Mail – Thisismoney.co.uk By Alisha Rouse for Money Mail, 27 July 2016 Couple win £7,000 victory over faulty timeshare escape contract following 18-month legal battle ‘The Walkers’ victory is believed to be the first of its kind in Britain. Chris Emmins, founder of KwikChex, a company that inv
Google has announced that it is abandoning it’s ‘real name’ policy for Google+, which affects Google Reviews and YouTube usage. Coverage in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/16/youtube-trolls-google-real-name-commenter-policy In truth, it was a minor attempt anyway at trying to tackle
