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Amazon and Google are being probed by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the amount of fake reviews on their respective websites.

Amazon and Google investigated by UK’s competition watchdog over fake reviews

June 25, 2021

Amazon and Google are being probed by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the amount of fake reviews on their respective websites. The CMA has claimed that both…

Amazon is set to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog as part of a major effort to crack down on 'Big Tech' in the country.

Amazon to be investigated by UK watchdog in major ‘Big Tech’ crackdown

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Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Facebook Watchdog

June 10, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Amazon is set to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog as part of a major effort to crack down on ‘Big Tech’ in the country. The Competition and Markets…

Facebook has removed 16,000 groups selling fake reviews more than a year after telling the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) it would do so.

Facebook removes 16,000 groups selling fake reviews

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CMA Competition and Markets Authority Facebook Fake Reviews

April 9, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Facebook has removed 16,000 groups selling fake reviews more than a year after telling the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) it would do so. The CMA’s chief executive Andrea Coscelli…

The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has been launched in the UK today aimed at tackling the "abuse of dominant market positions by big tech".

Digital Markets Unit launches to fight tech giants’ market dominance

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Amazon Apple big tech CMA DMU Facebook Google

April 7, 2021

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The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has been launched in the UK today aimed at tackling the “abuse of dominant market positions by big tech”. Amazon, Facebook and Google are from…

Ecommerce sales are due to grow by over $1 trillion by 2025 as the pandemic driven boom in online shopping is expected to continue permanently.

Customers may be being “manipulated or misled” by retailers’ algorithms

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Algorithms CMA Competition and Markets Authority Which?

January 20, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Online retailers’ algorithms are being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over fears customers are being “manipulated or misled” into buying goods. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched…

Facebook, Amazon and Google will soon be forced to comply with strict new rules aimed at curtailing their market dominance in the UK.

UK to launch “Digital Markets Unit” to curtail dominance of Facebook, Amazon and Google

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Alok Sharma Charged CMA Competition and Markets Authority Digital Markets Unit

November 27, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Facebook, Amazon and Google will soon be forced to comply with strict new rules aimed at curtailing their market dominance in the UK. The UK government is set to launch…

Just Eat Takeaway is set to create thousands of jobs in the UK following a record jump in revenues during lockdown.

Just Eat Takeaway to create thousands of jobs and invest “tens of millions” in UK after record results

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CMA Competition and Markets Authority Grubhub Just Eat Takeaway

August 13, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Just Eat Takeaway is set to create thousands of jobs in the UK following a record jump in revenues during lockdown. Just Eat Takeaway, which became the world’s largest food…

Facebook groups selling fake Amazon reviews still rampant “leaving shoppers at huge risk”

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Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Ebay Facebook Which?

August 13, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Facebook groups creating fake Amazon reviews to boost sales are rampant despite the platform signing an agreement to better tackle the issue. Which? has found that dozens of Facebook groups,…

Deliveroo couriers are not employees, UK Court of Appeal agrees

Amazon given final approval to take 16% of Deliveroo after a year of investigations

Delivery

Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Deliveroo

August 5, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Amazon’s upcoming tie-up with Deliveroo has been given the final approval by the UK’s competition watchdog after facing a massive backlash from competitors. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said…

Amazon’s upcoming tie-up with Deliveroo has once again been slammed by its rivals who claim the competition and markets authority’s (CMA) decision to let it go ahead is “incomplete and unsafe”.

Amazon Deliveroo deal could create “gaping hole in UK merger regime” according to rival Domino’s

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Amazon CMA Competition and Markets Authority Deliveroo Dominos Just Eat Takeaway

July 16, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Amazon’s upcoming tie-up with Deliveroo has once again been slammed by its rivals who claim the competition and markets authority’s (CMA) decision to let it go ahead is “incomplete and…

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Amazon and Google investigated by UK’s competition watchdog over fake reviews

Amazon to be investigated by UK watchdog in major ‘Big Tech’ crackdown

Digital Markets Unit launches to fight tech giants’ market dominance

Customers may be being “manipulated or misled” by retailers’ algorithms

UK to launch “Digital Markets Unit” to curtail dominance of Facebook, Amazon and Google

Just Eat Takeaway to create thousands of jobs and invest “tens of millions” in UK after record results

Facebook groups selling fake Amazon reviews still rampant “leaving shoppers at huge risk”

Amazon given final approval to take 16% of Deliveroo after a year of investigations

Amazon Deliveroo deal could create “gaping hole in UK merger regime” according to rival Domino’s

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