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The UK’s
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is probing whether Amazon and Google broke consumer laws by failing to take action against fake reviews on their sites
CMA announced that it is investigating concerns that
Amazon and
Google have not been doing enough to prevent or remove fake reviews to protect customers and honest businesses
Once it concludes its investigation, the
CMA can take enforcement action if it finds Amazon or Google broke UK consumer protection laws, which could range from getting commitments from the tech firms to change how they handle fake reviews to possible court action
The investigation is the UK regulator’s latest attempt to scrutinize fake reviews on US tech platforms. In April,
Facebook removed
16,000 groups that were trading fake reviews after the
CMA raised concerns
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