Written Question·Home Office·UIN 64270

Advertising: Fraud

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 9 July 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that its fraud strategy provides consumers with protection from all types of fraudulent advertising.

Answer

Dan Jarvis

As part of the requirements of the Online Safety Act (2023), large social media and search services will be required to use proactive systems and processes to prevent the public from encountering fraudulent adverts, and minimise the length of time any suc...

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