Fakespot was caught because of too many fake reviews on its platform? Amazon complained and removed it from the platform

Recently, Amazon has been strictly investigating fake orders and reviews, and many sellers have been banned, which has made sellers feel the power of Amazon again. On the other hand, an app was also caught off guard by Amazon.

Amazon filed a complaint and the fake review detection tool Fakespot was removed from the shelves

According to reports, a fake review detection tool Fakespot was recently removed from Apple's App Store after Amazon complained about it. Amazon's reason for the complaint was that the app provided misleading information and also had certain potential risks.

Apple's App Store guidelines stipulate that apps are not allowed to use or access third-party services, display their content, or profit from them without authorization.

Amazon said in a statement that Fakespot violated Apple's guidelines and provided its customers with misleading information about Amazon platform sellers and products, which caused a certain degree of damage to the business of platform sellers and also posed security risks.

As the most popular of the many fake review detection tools on the market, Fakespot has conducted reliable evaluations of product reviews on platforms such as Amazon, Walmart, and Yelp in recent years, and is committed to providing consumers with the most authentic ratings.

Amazon said it conducted an in-depth investigation into the content exposed by Fakespot and found that 80% of the results were inaccurate.

Caught off guard, Fakespot founder angrily denounced

As early as June this year, Amazon had sent a complaint to the Apple App Store. Since then, this app, which had been downloaded more than 150,000 times in the Apple App Store, has been removed from the shelves and can no longer be downloaded and installed.

Fakespot founder Saoud Khalifah also confirmed in a statement that the app had indeed been removed. Although they had invested a lot of time and money in the app and had not stolen user information, Apple did not give them a chance to fix the problem. He believes that Amazon's practice is "bullying small companies."

Many netizens said that this outcome was "too expected. After all, the 'open and covert fighting' between Amazon and Fakespot has been going on for a long time. Amazon's move is really ruthless!"

Combined with the recent crackdown on reviews and the blocking of major sellers, Amazon's attitude and measures are becoming increasingly tough, and it is taking a multi-pronged approach to rectifying the bad practices on the platform. We don't know what big moves will happen next. But for sellers, it is the best way to stick to the path of compliant operations step by step, especially in recent times, so you must be extra careful.

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