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Social Media: Fraud

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30862

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with social media companies on the role of their platforms in perpetrators committing online fraud.

Answered by Feryal Clark

The government is committed to tackling online fraud, as demonstrated through the strong duties in the Online Safety Act to protect users from this content.

In addition, the Joint Fraud Taskforce is a partnership between government, the private sector and law enforcement to tackle fraud collectively. Minutes of the taskforce’s meetings are published on gov.uk

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