UK politics blunts antitrust action against GoogleBritain’s competition watchdog has proposed new powers to regulate Google’s dominance in search, but political support for tough action is ...
25 Jun, 2025, 10.37 PM IST
Amazon agrees to tackle fake reviews in UK: regulatorAmazon has pledged to enhance its systems to combat fake online reviews on its UK platform, following an agreement with Britain's Competiti...
06 Jun, 2025, 03.05 PM IST
UK secures action from Amazon to tackle fake reviewsThe regulator, which estimates that 90% of consumers use online reviews to inform purchases, began investigating Amazon and Google in 2021 ...
06 Jun, 2025, 12.49 PM IST
Amazon promises to intensify crackdown against fake reviews after UK watchdog probeAmazon has pledged to intensify its efforts to combat fake reviews and crack down on UK sellers manipulating ratings through deceptive post...
06 Jun, 2025, 07.19 AM IST
UK says Microsoft-OpenAI partnership does not need antitrust investigationBritain's competition authority said on Wednesday that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI Inc does not qualify for investigation under the...
05 Mar, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
UK probes Apple, Google competitiveness over mobilesThe UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, announced it will investigate whether Apple and Google hold "strategic...
23 Jan, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
UK starts probe into Amazon's AI partnership with AnthropicThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it now had until Oct. 4 for its so-called Phase 1 decision to either refer the artificial ...
08 Aug, 2024, 06.53 PM IST
UK's competition watchdog rejects probe into Microsoft-Mistral AI tie-upIn February, Microsoft invested $16 million in Mistral AI, partnering to make the French start-up's artificial intelligence models availabl...
19 May, 2024, 04.13 PM IST
UK secures commitments from Amazon and Meta over retail platformsThe commitments from the US tech giants mark the end of the Competition & Markets Authority's (CMA) investigation into Amazon Marketplace a...
04 Nov, 2023, 05.05 PM IST
Amazon and Meta settle UK investigations with pledges to refrain from unfair practicesThe Competition and Markets Authority said it accepted the committments from the US tech companies to close the investigations into their o...
03 Nov, 2023, 07.00 PM IST
UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominanceUK media regulator Ofcom has requested the country's antitrust regulator, the CMA, to investigate the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in ...
05 Oct, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
UK regulator to push for probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominanceBetween them, Amazon and Microsoft enjoy a combined market share of 60-70%. Meanwhile, their closest competitor, Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O...
03 Oct, 2023, 07.48 PM IST
UK regulator says Amazon proposals address concerns over MarketplaceLast year, the Competition and Markets Authority said it was investigating Amazon over suspected breaches of competition law, including how...
26 Jul, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
UK regulator launches probe into Amazon's planned purchase of iRobotThe probe launch by the UK watchdog comes at a time antitrust regulators, including those in the U.S. and the European Union, have become i...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
Amazon faces UK probe over suspected anti-competitive practicesBritain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it opened an investigation on Tuesday into whether Amazon's practices affecting sell...
06 Jul, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
UK regulator opens formal probe into Amazon, Google over fake reviewsThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it will now gather further information to determine whether the firms may have broken cons...
25 Jun, 2021, 12.27 PM IST
UK regulator opens formal probe into Amazon, Google over fake reviewsUK's Competition and Markets Authority will now gather information to determine whether Amazon and Google may have broken consumer laws by ...
25 Jun, 2021, 12.14 PM IST