Google Play store has removed at least 100,000 negative user reviews targeting Robinhood, the stock trading platform caught in the center of the GameStop trading frenzy.
Robinhood's rating on Google Play had dropped from four stars out of five on Wednesday to just one star on Thursday.
The drastic change came after Robinhood, which is popular among investors with little or no experience in online stock trading, announced it would halt purchases of GameStop, AMC, and other stocks promoted by the Reddit's WallStreetBets discussion board.
In a statement to tech site Gizmodo, Google said it had taken action against reviews that are deemed "Coordinated or inorganic." The company reportedly refused to disclose more details about how it determined which review to be inorganic.
Facebook shut down Robinhood Stock Traders, a 157,000-member stock trading discussion group, for allegedly violating the social media platforms policy on "Adult sexual exploitation."
Allen Tran, a 23-year-old Chicago man who founded Robinhood Stock Traders, complained to Reuters that Facebook was not a "Free platform like Reddit."
A Facebook spokesperson told Reuters that the decision to take down Robinhood Stock Traders had nothing to with the "Ongoing stock frenzy."
Friday, January 29, 2021
Google Deletes Over 100,000 1-Star Reviews, Restores Robinhood's App Rating
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