Progress

Current status
under deliberation
25 Jun 2021 under deliberation
22 May 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

25 Jun 2021
under deliberation

CMA launches investigation into Amazon and Google regarding fake and misleading online reviews

On 25 June 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into Amazon and Google for not implementing effective enough measures against fake and misleading online reviews. It will be assessed if the two companies broke …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
22 May 2020
under deliberation

CMA launches investigation regarding fake and misleading online reviews

On 22 May 2020, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into fake and misleading reviews. In the build-up to this investigation, Facebook and eBay have already committed to the cause and ramped up their fight against fa…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority