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FTC Settles Fake iTunes Reviews Row

FTC Settles Fake iTunes Reviews Row

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ruled against a marketing firm which had used its own employees to post favourable testimonials about a video game on Apple's iTunes store.The FTC found that online marketing firm Reverb Communications had used its own employees to post favourable reviews about a client's video game, encouraging customers to purchase it. This kind of practise has been labelled as "deceptive advertising" by the FTC.According to BBC News, the FTC...



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