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Amazon agrees to tackle fake reviews in UK: regulator

Amazon has agreed to clamp down on fake online reviews of products advertised on its UK site, Britain’s competition regulator said Friday. Google agreed to a similar UK commitment in January after the Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the matter five years ago. Amazon “has signed undertakings committing to enhance its existing…

UK secures action from Amazon to tackle fake reviews

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Amazon has committed to do more to tackle fake reviews, including sanctioning British businesses that boost their ratings through bogus posts, the country’s competition watchdog said on Friday. Following a four-year probe, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Amazon’s undertakings also addressed its concerns about ‘catalogue abuse‘ where sellers use the reviews of well-performing…