A Year after FTC Rule: Review Fraud on Google Bad as Ever
September 11, 2025. A year after the FTC rule cracking down on fake reviews, online review fraud is as bad as ever because the FTC did not hold review platforms like Google accountable. Google, content that it's off the hook, allows a network of fakers that FRW pointed out last year to expand its operation.
FTC bans fake online reviews, but is it game over?
October 24, 2024. Fox 26 Houston reports that the new FTC rule is now in effect, but questions whether that will take care of the fake review problem. Includes interview with Kay Dean.
New FTC Rule on Fake Reviews Not Enough
See Kay Dean's column published September 5, 2024, in The Hill.
FTC Publishes Rule on Fake Reviews
The FTC published its long awaited rule on fake reviews August 14, 2024. It's a good step, but the FTC didn't address the culpability of third-party review sites in facilitating fake reviews. Kay Dean discusses in interviews by KCBS Radio, FOX 9 Minneapolis, Atlanta News First, and the Washington Post.
Fake Review Watch Presents at FTC Hearing
Kay Dean of Fake Review Watch presented at a February 13, 2024, Federal Trade Commission hearing on its proposed rule to crack down on fake reviews. Dean argued that the rule missed the mark in one key aspect: It requires nothing of third-party review sites such as Google and Yelp. She gave the FTC some ideas.