Internet: Fraud
Commons · Question 125070 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is taking to hold online platforms to account for preventing fraud on their services prior to the full commencement of the Online Safety Act 2023’s provisio
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 20 Apr 2026
The Online Safety Act lists certain fraud offences as ‘priority offences’, meaning regulated services must already prevent users encountering user-generated fraudulent content, swiftly remove it if it appears, and mitigate and manage the risk of their ser...