Google seems to be expanding the feature where they turn off the ability for some local listings, Google Business Profiles, to allow posting reviews. We covered this before during the UK and limited release, where you would get a notice that says “Posting reviews is turned off for this place.” But now it seems to be expanding to more regions and businesses.
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