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Tag Archives: False

Google: Agentic With Trust Scores Can Identify False Information

Google Ties AI With Trust Scores To Identify, Validate False Information by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 17, 2025 Fake locations and illegal listings have become a problem for Google Business Listings (GBL), Near Media co-founder Mike Blumenthal said during an interview with Brad Wetherall, former director-support operations at Google. Wetherall now runs a … Continue reading Google: Agentic With Trust Scores Can Identify False Information

Japanese doctors sue Google over false reviews to highlight the platform’s dangers

April 19, 2024 Japanese doctors sue Google over false reviews to highlight the platform’s dangers The damages they are seeking are symbolic, about 23,000 yen ($150) per plaintiff. BY Associated Press A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding damages for what they claim are unpoliced derogatory and … Continue reading Japanese doctors sue Google over false reviews to highlight the platform’s dangers

AT&T sues T-Mobile over ‘dishonest and completely false’ senior discount ad campaign

AT&T sues T-Mobile over ‘dishonest and completely false’ senior discount ad campaign The carrier is seeking an injunction and damages. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic   T-Mobile AT&T is suing T-Mobile. On Tuesday, the carrier filed a complaint in Texas’s Eastern District Court, accusing its rival of false advertising. T-Mobile’s recently launched “Verizon and AT&T Ban Senior … Continue reading AT&T sues T-Mobile over ‘dishonest and completely false’ senior discount ad campaign

HomeAdvisor Made False, Misleading Claims About Quality Of Leads Sold To SMBs, FTC Says

HomeAdvisor Made False, Misleading Claims About Quality Of Leads Sold To SMBs, FTC Says by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, March 15, 2022 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against HomeAdvisor, saying that since 2014, the company overcharged small and medium- sized businesses, and misrepresented the likelihood leads at much higher rates than HomeAdvisor’s … Continue reading HomeAdvisor Made False, Misleading Claims About Quality Of Leads Sold To SMBs, FTC Says

eCommerce Merchants Could Save Hundreds of Billions Each Year by Eliminating False Positives

David DeCorte June 30, 2020 Criminal fraud is nothing new in the eCommerce space. The problem has been growing year-by-year for two decades, leading to a gradual increase in merchant costs. Data published by Aite Group suggests direct fraud losses will cost online merchants $ 6.7 billion in 2021. That doesn’t even account for the … Continue reading eCommerce Merchants Could Save Hundreds of Billions Each Year by Eliminating False Positives

Hold-Out Groups: Gold Standard for Testing—or False Idol?

Derek Gleason — November 22, 2018 — November 22, 2018 qimono / Pixabay You regularly run A/B tests on the design of a pop-up. You have a process, implement it correctly, find statistically significant winners, and roll out winning versions sitewide. Your tests answer every question except one: Is the winning version still better than … Continue reading Hold-Out Groups: Gold Standard for Testing—or False Idol?

False Positives — A Touchy Problem For Businesses

Sandra Wrobel-Konior — October 19, 2018 Follow @sandricz — October 19, 2018 False positives are getting to be a bigger problem than actual fraud, as they can seriously harm online business’s bottom line. It’s a complex issue that touches many online merchants. What exactly are false positives and how can merchants minimize them? According to … Continue reading False Positives — A Touchy Problem For Businesses