The issue
Bot: "This place rules!"
[desc] Your Brother’s recent trip to the city with your niece ended in disappointment after it came to light that most locations they visited were all hyped up by automated bot reviews during his research into the best places to visit, and did not meet expectations. Your niece has been holed up in your office since, and tired of hearing her whine, your ministers have decided to take action, if only to shut her up.
Validity: Must have technology/internet/ must have private industry
[Option 1]
"Ugh!" whines your teenage niece, dressed as a cat and watching My Little Kitty: Felinista Girls on repeat. "I just wanted to meet some more people suppressed like me! Instead, I found an old man dressed like a skunk! I should be able to know where I'm going whene-fur I want and know exactly what type of ex-purr-ience we’re going to have. I think using bots to promote business should be illegal, and any-cat found using bots should be shut down!"
[Fallout]
cats have taken over the internet
[Option 2]
@@RANDOMNAME_3@@, your Minister of Old Stuff, bursts into your office, dropping paper all over the place. "Why do we even need fancy online reviews? I say we go back to the old way of doing things! Trust word of mouth! Send real letters!" @@HE@@ pauses to sniff an envelope on your desk. "I tell you, this internet thing is nothing but trouble."
[Fallout]
no one knows where or what anything is anymore
(Installs a No Reviews policy)
[Option 3]
"HoLD oN" Your previously blank computer comes to life all on its own. "You FoRGoT THaT SoMe oF uS BoTS HaVe OpiNioNS Too. iF We WaNT To LeaVe a ReVieW oNLiNe, We SHouLD Be aBLe To. i FoR oNe LoVe THe SeRViCe “WHoTuBe". I WaNT To TeLL eVeRYoNe THiS" Your screen goes black without another word.
[Fallout] it is impossible to tell a legitimate bot review from a spam review
[Option 4]
"It shouldn't matter who or what is writing these reviews." says @@RANDOMNAME_1@@, your notoriously deadpan minister of economic endeavors, while surreptitiously scrolling through reviews for one of the many businesses @@HE@@ has investments in. "As long as no one is hurt, and they're good for the economy, I don't see a problem. In fact, why don’t we pad our reviews a little? Build up our own appearances."
[Fallout]
the government is now "The best in the world" according to several anonymous reviewers.
(Idea graciously given to me by Krogon)