CV-PR-05 · standards
Authenticity is not visible from the page. The finding is the absence of a traceable record, never an accusation that a review is fake.
Found on 8 of the 1,524 best-selling listings we have ruled, 8 times in total. That is 8 live product pages carrying this wording today.
“fake or false consumer reviews and testimonials”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
“advertisers are liable for claims made through endorsements, including claims they could not make directly”
Source checked 2026-08-18.
Stripe Prohibited and Restricted Businesses
“Prohibited Businesses: nutraceuticals and pseudo-pharmaceuticals; unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
An interpretation. We applied a published legal test to the published copy and reached a conclusion. Reasonable reviewers applying the same test can disagree at the margin; this is our reviewer's professional opinion, and the test is cited so you can check the reasoning.
Claims Verified, standard CV-PR-05 "Review or testimonial that cannot be shown to come from a real customer", standards v1.3.1, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-05/
Or put it in your own policy
Marketing copy must not use "Review or testimonial that cannot be shown to come from a real customer" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-PR-05 (standards v1.3.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-05/
Cite it freely with attribution and the version. The whole register is machine-readable at /standards/registry.json. Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.
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