Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products.
posted on its website Tuesday the Facebook groups were set up to recruit people"willing to post incentivized and misleading reviews" across its stores in the U.S. the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.
In the statement, Amazon said one of the Facebook groups it's targeting, called"Amazon Product Review," had more than 43,000 members. The company said Facebook removed the group this year, but it was able to dodge the platform's detection by"changing letters in phrases that might set off Facebook's alarms."
The retailer's announcement comes as another side of the company's operations is facing more scrutiny. On Tuesday, federal labor officials confirmed to the AP the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened inspections at Amazon facilities in New York, Illinois, and Florida after receiving referrals alleging safety and health violations from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
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