The Canadian Competition Bureau has filed documents in federal court to investigate allegations that hundreds or thousands of individuals were paid to write fake reviews for Amazon products.
According to Federal Court records filed on June 21, 2023, anti-trust lawyers are investigating Facebook users who they suspect received cash or gifts to post positive reviews on Amazon.
“Based on my review of the records and information gathered over the course of the investigation I believe that certain product reviews and star ratings on the Amazon platform are likely fake reviews,” said an affidavit filed by Danielle McKenzie, a Competition Bureau lawyer.
“Recruiters use Facebook to recruit people to make fake reviews,” the lawyer wrote, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter on June 26. “The inquiry concerns fake reviews including star ratings that are made on the Amazon platform,” her affidavit said….