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Does a website have to use people's reviews?

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  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,744 Forumite
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    Always take reviews with a pinch of salt, many popular websites only publish positive reviews


    i doubt there are any laws governing wether a website has to publish any given reviews or not
  • marliepanda
    marliepanda Posts: 7,186 Forumite
    photome wrote: »
    Always take reviews with a pinch of salt, many popular websites only publish positive reviews


    i doubt there are any laws governing wether a website has to publish any given reviews or not

    And they certainly wouldn’t have to publish potentially libellous ones stating that the item sold may not be what they received, with no proof.
  • Deastons
    Deastons Posts: 464 Forumite
    k3lvc wrote: »
    What exactly do the ads say though ? The ASA are interested in misrepresenting products/claims and couldn't give two !!!!!! whether they publish reviews received or not

    Maybe it's not the ASA then. But it's an ad that makes the exact point that you can't just put what you want on your website, as it's publishing information and therefore has to follow certain rules.

    Stephen Mangan does the voice.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,710 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 12 June 2018 at 6:58PM
    That would be the ASA, your job is to prove they're not doing that.

    You are entitled to assume that you have bought 5kg of the named product. Should they have given you anything else it would be illegal.
  • Deastons
    Deastons Posts: 464 Forumite
    pmduk wrote: »
    That would be the ASA, your job is to prove they're not doing that.

    My job is to prove what? What does my question have to do with the ASA?
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