trustscope.app corrects the Google reviews situation in Germany at least a little bit

If you ever reviewed a business on Google in Germany you may be familiar with this mail: In Germany it is pretty easy to get rid of bad, but honest, reviews. The business owner just needs to claim the review is defamatory and Google has to remove it. Shifting the burden of prove towards the reviewer. Often this includes lengthy discussions with lawyers as many business use the services of specialised law-firms. Which also creates a scenario of financial ruin for people as legal battles can be costly and mistakes are easily made.. As I wrote recently Google now started to display the approximately number of deleted reviews due to defamation. Creating a crucial metric which enables Google Map users to reach an informed decision. And it didn't take long for someone to scrape that data and take it into account when calculating the "real" score of a business. Of course these numbers are just an approximation, and we have no data on rightfully vs. wrongfully deleted reviews. After all, it…