Lebanese authorities punish and humiliate Google reviewers
To document his bad experience at a dental clinic, Adel (a pseudonym) posted a review on Google. Despite adhering to the platform’s rules on honesty and defamation, Adel was summoned to a judicial police station for “slander and defamation.”
Adel thought he was going to the station to give a statement and was willing to remove his review “to avoid wasting his time.” However, he was shocked by the humiliating treatment he received. He faced psychological pressure for hours without a chance to explain why he left a negative review in the first place.
