@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…
[EDIT] Removal of unnecessary sentence (with apologies)
German defamation law seems very strange for anyone more familiar with a common law legal system. But part of the problem is platforms not defending reviews, even when reviewers provide evidence to back up what they’ve said
This seems to at least try to resolve that. On one platform anyway.
Was that really necessary?
On reflection, no: it wasn’t. And I apologise. I’ve edited above. Thanks for pointing this out.