EU opens investigation into whether Booking.com does enough against fake listings and scams
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The European Commission has started a formal investigation into Booking.com under the . It is examining whether the platform failed to properly assess and reduce the risk of fake listings and phishing scams, and whether it hid that some search rankings were paid for.
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