United States Congress passed legislation that would protect consumers online reviews free Consumer Review Fairness Act, prohibited consumers retaliate because of the negative evaluation of the consumer. The new law will take effect after the President signed it.

Prompted the formulation of the law because there are companies sued posted negative evaluation customers. Palmer v. KlearGear case, for example, asked Ms Jen Palmer KlearGear company remove bad reviews or pay a fine of $3500 because it contains non-demeaning terms of service agreement.

When comments are not removed after the company had reported to the credit reporting agencies debt outstanding is $3500, affecting the credit of Ms Palmer. The lawsuit ultimately ended with Palmer won.

美国国会通过了保护消费者在线评论自由的法案Consumer Review Fairness Act ，禁止企业因为消费者的负面评价而对消费者进行打击报复。新的法律将在总统签署后生效。

促使这项法律的制定是因为有企业起诉了在网上发表负面评价的客户。以Palmer v. KlearGear一案为例，KlearGear公司要求Jen Palmer女士删除差评或支付3500美元罚款，因为它的服务协议包含了非贬低条款。

当评论没有删除后，该公司向信用报告机构报告了3500美元的未偿还债务，影响了Palmer女士的信用。这起诉讼最终以Palmer胜诉结束。