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Buy My Vote: Online Reviews For Sale, Kendall L. Short
Buy My Vote: Online Reviews For Sale, Kendall L. Short
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The Internet has granted consumers access to a wealth of information to use in researching products and services. A substantial portion of this information consists of online consumer reviews, which hold great influence over consumers' purchasing decisions due to their perceived honesty and independence from the company. The problem with relying on these reviews, however, is that real consumers may not be the authors; instead, companies often hire writers to fabricate reviews, known as "opinion spam," which can either be positive for the hiring company or negative toward an innocent competitor. Because these fake reviews are difficult to detect, both …