Legal Protection for Online Reviews

[Host Mick]

Being that this is Cruise CRITIC and we do publish professional and member reviews, I thought that this would be of interest to our members.

 

Disclosure: Cruise Critic is owned by Tripadvisor.com.

 

"Have you ever spent a night in a damp, dirty, splooge-encrusted hotel room? Has a restaurant ever served you a meal that was gross and obviously (and badly) microwaved? Me too. For a lot of people, the first port of call in these scenarios is Yelp, or TripAdvisor. The problem is that a lot of companies have a tendency to get a bit litigious in these scenarios.

 

Thankfully, Congress just advanced a bill that makes it much harder for businesses to sue customers for posting negative reviews. The Consumer Review Fairness Act bars businesses from sneaking non-disparagement clauses into contracts with customers."

 

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/09/14/tripadvisor-reviewers-may-gain-legal-protection-salty-establishments/

[cyclenut]

Being that this is Cruise CRITIC and we do publish professional and member reviews, I thought that this would be of interest to our members.

 

Disclosure: Cruise Critic is owned by Tripadvisor.com.

 

"Have you ever spent a night in a damp, dirty, splooge-encrusted hotel room? Has a restaurant ever served you a meal that was gross and obviously (and badly) microwaved? Me too. For a lot of people, the first port of call in these scenarios is Yelp, or TripAdvisor. The problem is that a lot of companies have a tendency to get a bit litigious in these scenarios.

 

Thankfully, Congress just advanced a bill that makes it much harder for businesses to sue customers for posting negative reviews. The Consumer Review Fairness Act bars businesses from sneaking non-disparagement clauses into contracts with customers."

 

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/09/14/tripadvisor-reviewers-may-gain-legal-protection-salty-establishments/

 

Good to know. I recently wrote a review of my Carnival Breeze experience and never thought about a possible disparagement clause.