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A Canadian Restaurant Refused To Serve A Man Wearing A MAGA Hat And Now Its Yelp Score Is Ruined
A Romney supporter listens to a speaker as he wears a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat at the Mitt Romney election party on June 26, 2018 in Orem, Utah. Because we’ve apparently learned nothing and are dooming to relieve the same news cycle over and over again, Yelp has once again become the home for…
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Searching For ‘Cat Meat’ On Yelp Brought Up Chinese Restaurants Until This Week
Yelp’s algorithms are being criticised after search results implied Korean and Chinese restaurants were serving diners dogs and cats. In cities across the US, Yelp suggested Korean and Chinese restaurants when “dog meat” or “cat meat” was entered into the search bar, alluding to a longstanding stereotype about East Asian restaurants.
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Former Hotel Owner Sued After Charging Woman $US350 For Posting Negative Review Online
The US state of Indiana is suing the former owner of a hotel over a policy to charge guests $US350 ($454) for making “disparag[ing]” public comments about the business. According to the state’s attorney general’s office, Katrina Arthur wrote a negative online review of Abbey Inn and Suites in March 2016. The hotel room, she says,…
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96 Companies, Including Apple And Google, Are Objecting To Trump’s Muslim Ban
Yesterday, 96 companies — including Apple, Google, Dropbox, eBay, uBer, Twitter, Spotify and a host of others — filed legal documents that object to President Trump’s Muslim ban. But they’re not just doing it because it’s the right thing to do. The filing makes it clear that Trump is disrupting business.