Google is pledging to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses after an investigation by regulators in Britain.

This includes deactivating the ability to add new reviews for businesses found to be using fake reviews, and deleting all existing reviews for at least six months if they repeated

The UK has reached an agreement with Google to counter fake reviews, with the internet giant committing to several remedies.

Google will do more to tackle fake reviews, including sanctioning UK businesses and people involved in manipulating star ratings, Britain's competition regulator said on Friday following a lengthy investigation.

London: Google has agreed significant changes to tackling fake online reviews of UK services and products posted on the US giant s platforms,