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goldenface Posts: > 500

More bad news for Samsung, doesn't really hold them up in a good light. This is particularly underhand.

After being caught paying for false praise and negative comments about competitors, Samsung has been fined just over $340,000. The issue first arose internationally in April, when Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was opening an investigation into the allegations.

That investigation found the allegations were true: the FTC says Samsung used a "large number of hired writers and designated employees" to post in Taiwanese forums. The commission does add that the company did this through a third-party marketing company, just as Samsung originally claimed. Two local marketing firms were fined a combined total of over $100,000 for their part in the marketing ploy.

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Posted: 2013-10-24 15:02:04
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tranced Posts: > 500

Holy cow! Samsung is being overwhelmed by its own rising.
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Posted: 2013-10-24 15:15:29
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hihihans Posts: > 500

False benchmarks + False reviews = phoney phones

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Posted: 2013-10-24 15:42:11
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Gitaroo Posts: > 500

Samsung day today or what?
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Posted: 2013-10-24 15:43:00
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goldenface Posts: > 500

I suspected this went on but I don't think Samsung are alone in this at all. It's just a bit sad when companies sink to this level to undermine the competition.

HTC is (was?) a great company making great hardware. I'm wondering how much of Samsung's actions affected HTC's position.
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Posted: 2013-10-24 15:54:16
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tranced Posts: > 500

IMO, it hasn't affected big deal. And if it has, it's not that much it could make it jump into the 2013 top 5.
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Posted: 2013-10-24 16:46:28
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