Question follow-through · 125070
Internet: Fraud
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
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
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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