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Robinhood's rating has dropped back down to one star on Google's app store, and this time Google isn't riding to the rescue

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Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news &amp; scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.The stock-trading app Robinhood on Tuesday dropped down to a one-star rating on the Google Play app store for the second time in less than a week — and this time, Google isn't riding to the rescue.Google on Thursday removed negative reviews of the Robinhood app, saying that "ratings and reviews meant to manipulate an app's average rating or top reviews" violate its policies.The tech giant has said the new reviews are compliant with its policies and won't be removed, reported.As of Tuesday morning, Robinhood had a from more than 310,000 reviews on the Google Play store. On Thursday, the app also had just one star before Google bumped its rating back up to four stars by from unhappy users.Their discontent stemmed from Robinhood's decision to limit purchases of GameStop stock, as well as other stocks promoted by the Reddit community.Read more: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told CNBC on Thursday that the trading app acted . In an interview with Robinhood had been forced to temporarily stop users from buying those stocks because the surge had resulted in a deposit requirement of $3 billion from the National Securities Clearing Corp.This echoed an email Robinhood sent to members Monday that said: "We didn't want to stop people from buying stocks and we certainly weren't trying to help hedge funds."Google said it had a way of identifying spam and abuse of the app-review systems, adding that it wanted trustworthy reviews in its Play store.It added it had outlining policies on app reviews and ratings and requesting users not post fake reviews intended to increase or lower ratings.On , Robinhood had a solid four-star rating on Tuesday morning, but the number of negative reviews is growing. On Thursday, the app had 2.4 million reviews. Since then, the number has jumped to 3 million.Check out:Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.Subscribe to push notificationsAn icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.Keep readingIt indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news &amp; scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.The stock-trading app Robinhood on Tuesday dropped down to a one-star rating on the Google Play app store for the second time in less than a week — and this time, Google isn't riding to the rescue.Google on Thursday removed negative reviews of the Robinhood app, saying that "ratings and reviews meant...

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