Google to Put Warnings on U.K. Businesses Using Fake Online Reviews
The search giant has offered to start punishing British businesses that boost their star ratings with fake reviews and the people that post them, ending the U.K. competition watchdog’s investigation into online reviews.
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UK statistics agency to scrap one of main household surveys
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Rediscovered, a young English novelist’s warning of the Nazi threat
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Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA
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UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
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A Professor Put Her Class on TikTok. Thousands Enrolled in a Digital H.B.C.U.
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