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We recommend that the CMA report to our Committee on the progress, costs, and results of their 2020 Facebook Ireland Ltd. undertakings. In doing so they should also provide updates on their progress securing undertakings from other social media platforms. 277 Competition and Markets Authority, Undertakings to the Competition and Markets Authority (pursuant to Section 219 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (EA02)) relating to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, (10 October 20...

We recommend that the CMA report to our Committee on the progress, costs, and results of their 2020 Facebook Ireland Ltd. undertakings. In doing so they should also provide updates on their progress securing undertakings from other social media platforms. 277 Competition and Markets Authority, Undertakings to the Competition and Markets Authority (pursuant to Section 219 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (EA02)) relating to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, (10 October 2020) 278 Ibid., undertaking 17 279 Q408 [George Lusty] 280 Competition and Markets Authority (INF0027) 281 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Type: recommendation | Number: 97 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 11. The CMA has been investigating the role that platforms play in social media endorsements.6 As a result of this investigation, in October 2020, Facebook provided undertakings relating to its Instagram platform to tackle this issue.7 12. The undertakin