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Samsung fined $340,000 for faking online comments |
goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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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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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Holy cow! Samsung is being overwhelmed by its own rising.
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hihihans
Joined: Mar 15, 2009
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From: Netherlands
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False benchmarks + False reviews = phoney phones 
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Gitaroo
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Samsung day today or what? |
goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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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.
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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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.
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Posted: 2013-10-24 15:02
jay0726 | 
