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Amazon delays The Rings of Power ratings to combat fake reviews

Amazon delays The Rings of Power ratings to combat fake reviews

Amazon delays The Rings of Power ratings to combat fake reviews
05 September 2022

Amazon has started delaying user reviews posted to its video-streaming service by up to three days to tackle fake ratings.

The move is an effort to tackle a spree of “review bombings” driven, in part, by an “anti-woke” backlash to the diverse casting in the company’s Lord of the Rings prequel series, The Rings of Power, which features non-white actors cast as elves and dwarfs.

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