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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Holly Williams

How do you spot a fake online review?

Britain’s competition watchdog has vowed to tackle fake reviews “head on” as it launched investigations into firms including Just Eat and Autotrader. (Alamy/PA) -

Britain’s competition watchdog has vowed to tackle fake and misleading online reviews “head on” as it launched investigations into firms including Just Eat and Autotrader.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said reviews are used by 90% of consumers when they buy over the internet and play a large part in the UK’s over £200 billion online retail sector.

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