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Recently acquired by Mozilla (a company owned by Firefox), Fakespot is a start-up that helps users identify fake reviews through a website and a browser extension.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. Fakespot has been used to spot fake reviews on Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor, Walmart, and eBay.
  2. Fakespot's Review Checker is scheduled to be released on Firefox version 120 for desktop and Android on November 21, 2023.
READ: Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble

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