Google is taking further steps to prevent fake app reviews and ratings from being published on the Play Store. All user-submitted reviews or ratings go through a 24-hour review before being published on the tech giant’s digital store.
According to Google, during this period, ratings and ratings will undergo automatic revision. However, app developers will be able to respond to users, although their responses will not be posted immediately, as detailed in a notice found by Mishaal Rahman. no twitter.
As a reminder, last June the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the competition authority of the United Kingdom, announced that launched an official investigation against Google per check if you violated consumer protection law by not taking sufficient measures to prevent false reviewsin a solution that also targets Amazon.
BUT The decision follows a preliminary investigation opened in May 2020.whose results led the CMA to question whether the tech giants are taking enough steps to detect false or misleading analyzes, as well as patterns of suspicious behavior.
In addition to reviews, most recently Google announced the rules tougher against excessive ads and misleading apps this Play Store
September 30th New rules regarding in-app advertising come into force. From this date Full-screen ads that appear unexpectedly or while the app is loading will be prohibited. and which appear when users start, for example, a new level in the game. Furthermore, Ads that cannot be closed after 15 seconds will be banned..
