Google Maps now shows removed review counts in Germany

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@Catalyst2422
>The concentration of review removals in Germany is not marginal. According to Fast Company, official European data shows that 99.97 percent of all Google Maps reviews taken down for defamation across the entire 27-country European Union involve businesses based in Germany.
Holy moly

demand the removal of false factual statements or factually unjustified expressions of opinion that could harm its business standing (“defamation”). German courts have set a low threshold for businesses to challenge reviews as defamatory

What, in the name of anything holy, is a “factually unjustified expression of opinion”.

I certainly won’t be looking at reviews for places to stay and eat in Germany going forward…

Is an old regime creeping back in?