Amazon gives undertakings to CMA to curb fake reviews

Friday, 6 June 2025 07:15

Amazon, one of the largest online retailers in the world, has given undertakings to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) committing to enhance its existing systems for tackling fake reviews, which are now explicitly banned under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA). The undertakings also tackle CMA concerns about ‘catalogue abuse'. This is where sellers hijack the reviews of well-performing products and add them to an entirely separate and...Request free trial