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Home Office announces Online Fraud Charter to combat online fraud

Published on: 01 December 2023
Published by LNB News

LNB News 01/12/2023

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Issue Date: 01 December 2023

Published Date: 01 December 2023

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Home Office has announced a new voluntary agreement with leading technology companies, to reduce fraud on their platforms and services, which will be known as the Online Fraud Charter. The Home Office has said that the Charter, the first agreement of its type in the world, will enable the government to join forces with companies including Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Match Group, Microsoft, Snapchat, TikTok, X (Twitter) and YouTube to better protect people across the UK from online scams, fake adverts and romance fraud. As part of the Charter, companies have committed to a range of measures to help protect people from fraud and scam content when using their sites, including verifying new advertisers, promptly removing any fraudulent content and increased levels of verification on peer-to-peer marketplaces.  The Home Office has said that all of the Charter’s signatories have pledged to implement the measures which apply to their companies...

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