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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Rebecca Whittaker

Five firms including Autotrader and JustEat face ‘fake reviews’ crackdown

Food delivery giant Just Eat, funeral firm Dignity and online motor platform Autotrader are among five firms under investigation by the UK’s competition watchdog as part of its crackdown on fake and misleading online reviews (Alamy/PA) -

The Competition and Markets Authority said it has launched investigations into Autotrader, Feefo, Dignity, Just Eat and Pasta Evangelists as part of its crackdown on fake and misleading reviews.

Since April last year, companies have been banned from certain tactics around online reviews under law, such as fake posts, paid-for reviews that are not clearly marked as incentivised, as well as for hiding negative feedback.

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