Posted by goldenface
More bad news for Samsung, doesn't really hold them up in a good light. This is particularly underhand.
After being caught paying for false praise and negative comments about competitors, Samsung has been fined just over $340,000. The issue first arose internationally in April, when Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was opening an investigation into the allegations.
That investigation found the allegations were true: the FTC says Samsung used a "large number of hired writers and designated employees" to post in Taiwanese forums. The commission does add that the company did this through a third-party marketing company, just as Samsung originally claimed. Two local marketing firms were fined a combined total of over $100,000 for their part in the marketing ploy.
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The Verge Posted by tranced
Holy cow! Samsung is being overwhelmed by its own rising.
Posted by hihihans
False benchmarks + False reviews = phoney phones
Posted by Gitaroo
Samsung day today or what?
Posted by goldenface
I suspected this went on but I don't think Samsung are alone in this at all. It's just a bit sad when companies sink to this level to undermine the competition.
HTC is (was?) a great company making great hardware. I'm wondering how much of Samsung's actions affected HTC's position.
Posted by tranced
IMO, it hasn't affected big deal. And if it has, it's not that much it could make it jump into the 2013 top 5.