Google Defends Robinhood App From Angry GME Mob, Censors 100,000 Negative Reviews
9to5Google reported that since restricting the stocks targeted by WallStreetBets, the Robinhood Android app was inundated with over 100,000 negative reviews, which brought the review average to 1 star. Previously, the app sat around four stars, and it appears that it is back to that level. Since then, Google has seemingly deleted those approximately 100,000 reviews which may have just poured gasoline on the fire.
In any case, we will likely see the Robinhood review rating drop soon due to incoming reviews, as Google cannot delete all bad reviews. To be clear, this is not a free speech issue, but a company protecting another company that did something that people do not agree with. However you interpret the Robinhood situation though, it is ultimately not right to put a muzzle on reviews that have legitimate concerns about a company, so we give Google 1-star for this situation.