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Is a business or restaurant enforcing mask mandate? Yelp can tell you

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 12, 2021

The crowd-sourced review platform is expanding its COVID-19 section on profile pages to include information about enforcement of social distancing and if staff are wearing masks with new indicators activated by user reports. Yelp said Tuesday that the changes aim to “instill confidence in consumers to continue supporting local businesses.”

Yelp data: 60% of businesses shut down due to pandemic won’t reopen

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 17, 2020

About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most, according to new data from Yelp. Here’s the latest.

Yelp can’t be ordered to remove negative posts, California court rules

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 5, 2018

The California Supreme Court has ruled that Yelp, the local search and reviews site, did not need to remove negative comments posted by a user, in a case closely watched by the industry for its implications for online free speech.