This article is outdated. TripAdvisor has apologized and restored the posts[0] and will now display an icon for hotels identified as locations of sexual assault (among other issues)[1].
The thing is they don't just hide sexual assault cases. I reviewed a very popular, 5 star business on TripAdvisor that was selling fraudulent goods and they removed my review. I could pull up the exact reason they cited but it was total nonsense and basically amounted to protecting the business.
The owner of the business personally lied to me but TripAdvisor took down the review because he complained. How messed up is that? I learned to never trust TripAdvisor after that. At least other sites usually let you see the flagged posts if you click at the bottom to reveal them. TripAdvisor just pretends they never happened.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 13.6 ms ] thread[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/travel/trip-advisor-rape-...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/travel/tripadvisor-sex-as...
The owner of the business personally lied to me but TripAdvisor took down the review because he complained. How messed up is that? I learned to never trust TripAdvisor after that. At least other sites usually let you see the flagged posts if you click at the bottom to reveal them. TripAdvisor just pretends they never happened.