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Internet and Mobile Phones: Fraud |
| Question ID: |
1805282 |
| UIN: |
HL7741 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3801 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Browne of Belmont
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Browne of Belmont
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that UK citizens are protected from online fraud and social media and text messaging scams. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
Under the Online Safety Act regulatory framework, online platforms are required to take steps to reduce the risk their services are used to facilitate fraud, scams and other illegal activity. These duties have started to take effect on services. Ofcom is ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |