Facebook正“系统性地”阻止了虚假评论

调查得出结论，Facebook正“系统性地”阻止了虚假评论

Facebook stands accused of not doing enough to stem the sale of fake reviews through its platform, more than one month after being told by a British regulator to fix the problem.

Facebook被指控在审核通过其平台销售虚假评论方面做得不够。一个多月前，英国监管机构要求Facebook解决这个问题。

A probe by consumer watchdog Which? found that the social network is still being utilized to deceive consumers with countless fake reviews. The investigation discovered at least 55,000 new posts across just nine Facebook groups in the month of July, generating hundreds or thousands of posts per day.

消费者监督机构在调查“选哪个?”时发现，该社交网络仍被利用无数虚假评论欺骗消费者。调查发现，今年7月，Facebook上仅有9个群组至少有5.5万篇新帖子，每天产生数百或数千条帖子。

“Our latest findings demonstrate that Facebook has systematically failed to take action while its platform continues to be plagued with fake review groups generating thousands of posts a day,” Natalie Hitchins, Which? head of products and services, said in a press statement.

“我们的最新调查结果表明，Facebook一直未能系统性地采取行动，而它的平台继续受到每天生成数千条帖子的虚假评论组的困扰，”娜塔莉·希金斯(Natalie Hitchins)说。产品和服务负责人在一份新闻声明中说。

In June, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) told Facebook and eBay to conduct a review after it discovered “troubling evidence” of a thriving marketplace for fake online reviews.

今年6月，美国竞争与市场管理局(CMA)在发现“令人不安的证据”表明虚假在线评论市场正在蓬勃发展后，要求Facebook和eBay进行审查。

George Lusty, CMA’s senior director, told the British agency: “It is unacceptable that Facebook groups promoting fake reviews seem to be reappearing. Facebook must take effective steps to deal with this problem by quickly removing the material and stop it from resurfacing.”

CMA的高级主管乔治•莱斯蒂(GeorgeLusty)对英国通讯社表示：“Facebook上推广虚假评论的团体似乎又出现了，这是不可接受的。Facebook必须采取有效措施来解决这个问题，迅速删除这些内容，并阻止其再次出现。”

A Facebook spokesperson told The Guardian: “We don’t allow people to use Facebook to facilitate or encourage false reviews. We have removed nine of the 10 groups Which? reported to us and are investigating the remaining group.”

一位Facebook发言人告诉卫报：“我们不允许人们使用Facebook来促进或鼓励虚假评论。在被报告的“选哪个?”小组中我们已经删除了90%，剩余的小组正在继续调查中。”

“We continue to improve our tools to prevent this kind of abuse, including investing in technology and increasing the size of our safety and security team to 30,000,” the social network added.

社会网络补充道，“为防止此类滥用，我们将继续改进我们的工具，包括在技术上的投资，并将安全和安保团队的规模增加到30000人。”