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Why is Yelp not being charged with fraud?
by AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
Why is Yelp not being charged with fraud?
- olivermarks 6y agoThe problem with these fast moving situations is who would actually initiate that expensive legal endeavor. Yelp has a history of preying on small businesses with what is effectively extortion to remove promoted negative online reviews in what are essentially digital protection rackets. You could argue this is RICO territory. This new pernicious hijacking of contact details is likely to be deployed by other future 'startups' to siphon off profits, so it's important that Yelp gets sanctioned.
- floatingatoll 6y agoRestaurants are terrified to sue Yelp because of the severe power differential between the "phone book" directory and themselves, especially given the long-standing rumors (whether true or not, the perception exists) that Yelp punishes anyone that complains by promoting bad reviews to their page.