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China's SAMR reveals five cases of unfair competition in platform economy

( June 27, 2025, 09:19 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation, or SAMR, today revealed five cases of unfair online competition involving issues such as disrupting market order and hindering the effective operations of platform operators. The cases involve practices like illegally scraping and using platform data, damaging competitors' credit ratings through excessive returns, inflating influence via fake transactions, leveraging similar trademarks to ride on established brands and false advertising. Violators received heavy penalties and were ordered to cease or rectify their actions. The statement follows:...

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