Written Question·Home Office·UIN 68054

Fraud: Internet

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in preventing fraud.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed in November 2023 and requires all in-scope platforms to tackle fraud on their platforms. The OSA’s first codes, dealing with illegal content, came into effect and were enforceable from March 2025. This means that all...

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