{"id":25188,"date":"2023-04-25T09:14:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25188"},"modified":"2023-04-25T09:14:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:14:42","slug":"new-rules-ban-subscription-traps-and-fake-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/04\/25\/new-rules-ban-subscription-traps-and-fake-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"New rules ban subscription traps and fake reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Buying, selling or hosting fake reviews will become illegal as part of changes planned in new laws.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The UK government’s new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill aims to help consumers and increase competition between big tech firms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The bill is being introduced on Tuesday and bans people receiving money or free goods for writing glowing reviews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Firms will also have to remind people when free subscription trials end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And the bill also seeks to end the tech giants’ current market dominance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The bill has been in the making since 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Its creators have said they want to manage the way in which a handful of huge tech companies dominate the market – although none is specifically named yet, and will be selected after a period of investigation of up to nine months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It does not matter in which country they are based, and firms headquartered in China will also be included if they are found to be in scope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The newly formed Digital Markets Unit, which will be part of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will then be given certain powers to open up a specific market depending on the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So, for example, this could mean telling Apple to allow iPhone and iPad users to download apps from different app stores, or forcing search engines to share data.<\/p>\n

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The CMA will be able to issue fines of up to 10% of global turnover for non-compliance depending on the offence, and will not require a court order to enforce consumer law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The EU Digital Markets Act has been set up to tackle similar competition issues with big tech firms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The UK bill is very wide-ranging, and the CMA will have to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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