Social Media: Fraud
Commons · Question 18357 · Tabled 6 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to create fake online media accounts for public bodies and organisations where the communication of official and public information is
Answer
Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare, 20 Jan 2025
I apologise to the Rt. Hon. Member for the delayed response to his question of 6 December. The Online Safety Act, brought forward by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, introduced the false communications offence. This offence captures c...