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Top 10 technologies – a CMA horizon scanning perspective
In today's rapidly evolving technological and digital landscape, staying ahead of emerging trends is more important than ever. Being on the front foot – so that regulators and governments can keep pace with fast-moving markets – will help ensure that …
Supporting growth and unlocking the opportunities of AI
At the Financial Times Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit today, I shared some of the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) evolving thinking on the foundational role of competition in the UK's growth mission, and how we have been challenging ourselves on …
Getting ready for the consumer protection changes in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
New powers for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Today we are publishing our draft rules and procedural guidance covering an important aspect of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) – the new direct consumer enforcement …
Join us on our mission to promote greater competition and innovation in digital markets
The largest digital platforms hold a uniquely powerful position – many of us rely on them every day, whether to search, connect with family and friends, to shop or to work. And similarly, they can be unavoidable for many businesses …
The Digital Markets Unit is hiring – find out how you can impact the way digital markets work
In the last 18 months the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has been recruiting steadily as we ramp up to get ready for the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Bill to become law. Over that time, we have grown from about …
Join the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit
Are you excited about the potential offered by digital technologies and interested in making a real difference for people and businesses? Joining the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit offers you the opportunity to scrutinise digital markets and shape the future of …
Quantum technologies – A regulatory perspective
Advances on the quantum frontier If you’ve ever thought this world behaves in unexpected ways, it gets even more so the smaller you go. As you get smaller and smaller, down to atomic or subatomic scales, tiny particles can act …
Urgency and price reduction claims: are your online tactics legal?
Do you feel pressured when you buy online? Online sales tactics can be helpful to making sure customers receive the best deal. However, we're concerned these tactics are being used to pressure customers into buying before they're ready and have launched an investigation into these tactics, known as Online Choice Architecture.
Apple and Google’s stranglehold over mobile ecosystems: Why it’s important and what we’re doing about it
Few people would doubt just how fundamental smartphones are to our lives. They are increasingly the main way we interact with friends and family, access news, play games, buy products and services online – and now pay for them in …