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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

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1 case

17 Mar 2026 Trustpilot Group Plc, Trustpilot A/S, Trustpilot S.r.l.Trustpilot: 4 million EUR fine for inadequate verification of the authenticity of reviews ItalyFake reviews €4m

According to the AGCM, the review platform did not adequately check whether reviews – including those labelled as "verified" – were genuine, and allowed companies to invite specifically selected customers to leave reviews via paid services, which undermined the representativeness of the star ratings. In addition, information on how the platform works and on paid services was lacking; the authority also saw dark pattern elements in this.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone who advertises with verified reviews must actually carry out the verification and disclose the selective collection of reviews.

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Fake reviews
Legal basis
Artt. 20, 21, 22 e 23, comma 1, lett. bb-ter Codice del Consumo
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Media and online platforms
Published
23 Mar 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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