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Moviegoers who have confirmed that they have purchased a ticket to a film will receive "verified" badges.

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00:00Trolls, beware. Your days of ruling the internet are numbered.

00:09Rotten Tomatoes has created a new feature that could take down online trolls forever

00:14called Verified Audience Ratings. Back when trolls inundated Captain Marvel's Rotten Tomatoes page

00:18with negative reviews prior to the film's release in March, Rotten Tomatoes made a new policy

00:23that audience comments will remain closed until a film opens in theaters.

00:30But now the Critic Aggregator and movie website is taking things a step further

00:38with a new feature called Verified Ratings and Reviews, giving moviegoers a way to confirm

00:43they have purchased a ticket to the movie they're writing about.

00:46Online trolls have attacked a number of films via the site's audience score system in the past,

00:50including Star Wars The Last Jedi.

00:52Now, all visitors will still be able to rate and review movies on the site, but the verified audience score

01:03will be the new default display on each movie's landing page, whereas the audience score compiled

01:08from all the ratings will be accessible under a separate All Audience tab.

01:12Plus, reviews from verified audience members will be marked with a verified checkmark badge.

01:16So here's how it works. Starting May 23rd, a user can opt in to get their rating and review verified

01:21if they purchase their movie ticket on Fandango, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes.

01:25Additionally, AMC theaters, Regal, and Cinemark theaters plan to participate

01:29as ticket purchase authenticators later this year.

01:32The hope is that audience members who buy physical tickets at a theater's box office

01:36will be able to participate in the verified review system in the future.

01:39For much more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:41Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.