---
title: "Google Deletes 100,000 Negative Robinhood Reviews"
description: "Google has deleted over 100,000 one star Robinhood reviews from the app store. Find out why users decided to tank Robinhood's rating."
date: "2021-01-29"
modified: "2021-02-03"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-deletes-negative-robinhood-reviews"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Google"
tags:
  - "gamestop"
  - "Google"
  - "robinhood"
  - "the digest"
---

# Google Deletes 100,000 Negative Robinhood Reviews

![After irate users tanked Robinhood's rating on Google's app store, Google stepped in to delete the onslaught of one-star feedback.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/onestar.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Futurism\</em\>*

## Positive Feedback

Google has entered the fray of the [Wall Street Bets fiasco](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/reddit-cofounder-wall-street-bets-revolution>) by stepping in to salvage Robinhood's rating on the app store.

The search giant stepped in after about 100,000 angry users flooded the stock trading app Robinhood with one-star reviews on Google's Play Store, [according to *The Verge*](<https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/28/22255245/google-deleting-bad-robinhood-reviews-play-store>). While it's not a *shocking* move — Google is well within its rights to curate app store reviews — it does serve as yet another example of how little control everyday people have over the digital and financial services they use.

## Up To Speed

Robinhood [came under fire](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/politicians-slam-robinhood-wall-street-bets>) this week for blocking the army of Redditors and others gaming the stock prices of companies like GameStop and AMC from buying any additional shares — and even allegedly automatically selling off its users' portfolios, [though the company has denied that charge](<https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/28/22254857/robinhood-gamestop-amc-shares-sold-surprised-users>).

Perhaps predictably, Robinhood's rating tanked as a result, at least until Google stepped in to delete nearly 100,000 of the negative reviews — bringing the app back to about four stars, according to *The Verge*.

## Into The Fire

Google stepped in because the negative reviews seem to have stemmed from a coordinated push to push down Robinhood's rating. A Google spokesperson told *The Verge* that the company is confident the reviews violated its policies against that sort of deliberate rating manipulation, justifying the intervention.

But that doesn't mean that Robinhood is in the all-clear — users are still exploring other options to express their contempt, [including a class action lawsuit](<https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/investing/lawsuit-robinhood-gamestop-wallstreetbets/index.html>). And Congress is [also demanding answers](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/politicians-slam-robinhood-wall-street-bets>).

**READ MORE:** [Google salvaged Robinhood’s one-star rating by deleting nearly 100,000 negative reviews](<https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/28/22255245/google-deleting-bad-robinhood-reviews-play-store>) \[*The Verge*\]

**More on Robinhood:** *[Politicians Slam Platforms for Halting Wall Street Bets Trades](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/politicians-slam-robinhood-wall-street-bets>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
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