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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italy seeks to protect restaurants and hotels from fake and paid-for reviews

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People expressed fears that the number of online comments about hotels and restaurants might be drastically reduced. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

The Italian government is seeking to clamp down on fake and paid-for online reviews in an effort to protect the country’s hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions from misleading and damaging content.

Under a draft law announced this week, which still needs to be approved in parliament, anyone wanting to write an online review would be required to provide verifiable ID and proof that they visited the place in question.

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