Facebook axes 16,000 groups for trading fake reviews after UK intervenes

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Corrects headline, paragraph 1 to say Facebook "removes", not "suspends", 16,000 "groups", not "accounts")

(Reuters) - Social media company Facebook Inc removed 16,000 groups for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms, after the Britain's competition watchdog intervened for the second time, the regulator said.