Written Question·Home Office·UIN 68924

Social Media: Fraud

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 28 July 2025

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle people who commit fraud by developing fake romantic relationships on (a) Tiktok and (b) other steaming platforms and manipulate victims into transfer

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed in November 2023 and requires all in-scope platforms to tackle fraud originating on their platforms. Fraud is included in the Act as an illegal harm, meaning in-scope companies must take proactive measures to stop fr...

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