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| Facebook removed 16 thousand groups of fake reviews |
After a second intervention by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Facebook removed more than 16,000 groups that buy or sell fake reviews of products and services on the platform.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority launched a campaign against fake reviews in 2019 when it asked Facebook and eBay to discover that more than one market was generating misleading customers on the platform. After reviewing the evidence, check out the online platform.
The recent intervention by the UK Competition and Markets Authority appears to be much greater than the measures taken last year when Facebook only deleted 188 groups and disabled 24 user accounts.
While it is not clear how many accounts the tech giant has blocked or blocked this time, it has removed more high-volume groups.
A statement from the UK Competition and Markets Authority said the company made further changes to discover, remove and block paid content that might mislead users on its platform, including the popular Instagram photo-sharing app.
Facebook said: We have worked a lot with the UK Competition and Markets Authority to solve this problem. We do not allow any fraudulent and deceptive activity across the platform, including posting or sharing false comments, and our security team has worked hard to prevent this from happening in similar situations. Training.
Facebook has also been scrutinized by the UK Competition and Markets Authority because the company's antitrust concerns regarding the acquisition of the Giphy gif website are a cause for concern.
The social media giant is under pressure around the world to share data, fake news and hate speech.
“The pandemic means more and more people are shopping online and millions of us are reading reviews so that we can make wise shopping choices, which is why this is wrong and misleading,” said Andrea Coselli, Director General of the UK Competition and Markets Authority.
He added: Facebook must do everything in its power to prevent such content from spreading on its platform. The company made some important changes after another intervention, but unfortunately it took more than a year to resolve these issues. We continue to monitor her closely and if we find she is not, he is respecting his obligations and we will take further action without hesitation.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority campaign against Facebook coincides with the UK's efforts to create a dedicated digital markets division within the regulator to specialize in investigating digital arbitration systems.