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What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect consumers from online scams.
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect consumers from online scams.
Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that, last year, the British public had £78 million stolen from them by clone scammers and people posing as legitimate companies online? Will she work with colleagues from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to set out in law robust identity checks that all online platforms should have to make, before letting people take out advertising on their site?
Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that, last year, the British public had £78 million stolen from them by clone scammers and people posing as legitimate companies online? Will she work with colleagues from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to set out in law robust identity checks that all online platforms should have to make, before letting people take out advertising on their site?
My hon. Friend is right about the scourge of fraud and its prevalence online. We brought fraud into scope for the draft Online Safety Bill. I am
conscious of the issues that she mentions about advertising and we continue to work with colleagues from DCMS on that.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the launch of the Online Advertising Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the launch of the Online Advertising Programme.
The Online Advertising Programme will be focussing on reviewing the regulatory model for the online advertising sector. My expectation is that we can develop a regulatory framework which is robust, well funded, and able to promote compliance and enforce quick remedial action where required.
Following our initial call for evidence last year, officials have been analysing responses and engaging stakeholders in order to prepare for the consultation launch. My department is committed to launching a consultation on the Online Advertising Programme shortly.
Motion that this House has considered the matter of protecting consumers from online scams. Agreed to on question.
Motion that this House has considered the matter of protecting consumers from online scams. Agreed to on question.