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California Tells Businesses: Stop Trying To Ban Consumer Reviews

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @09:45AM from the use-your-words dept.

ericgoldman writes Some businesses are so paranoid about negative consumer reviews that they have contractually banned their customers from writing reviews or imposed fines on consumers who bash them. California has told businesses to stop it. AB 2365--signed by Governor Brown yesterday, and the first law of its kind in the nation--says any contract provisions restricting consumer reviews are void, and simply including an anti-review clause in the contract can trigger penalties of $2,500.

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Re:reviews by Em+Adespoton · 2014-09-10 10:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Reviews are like a box of chocolate.
The person with the loose filling always gets the caramel instead of the strawberry truffle they were expecting.