In October 2018 the CEO of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that the CMA was “actively considering” launching an investigation into the digital advertising sector. Pressure on the CMA to do so mounted this month, with calls to that effect from both the Cairncross Review and the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report into disinformation and “fake news”.
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