We were already talking about this scam here:
https://groups.google.com/g/soc.college/c/s6GW0KMdNwY
From: Nick Stone
"University of the People"? Is this a joke? I wonder if the dude who came up with the name "University of the People" actually expected to be taken seriously.
No wonder the website you mentioned is mocking them. And, I must say, it makes many valid points, which the "university" refuses to address. Basically, they react by just writing zillions of fake reviews: you can easily recognize them because the whole mantra is that "UoPeople is the best university in the world".
From: Victor Garcia
Yep, there's nothing new though. Diploma mills have always been one of the severest plagues of the Internet. This "University of the People" is just a slightly more sophisticated version.