United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 122616
Social Media: Fraud
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20 March 2026
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2 April 2026 · Answer
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2 April 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an estimate of the revenues generated by social media platforms from advertisements later identified as fraudulent.
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20 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an estimate of the revenues generated by social media platforms from advertisements later identified as fraudulent.
Source: Commons
2 April 2026
Answer
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold data relating to the number of fraudulent or scam adverts on social media or other regulated services.There are mechanisms in the Online Safety Act that allow Ofcom to collect information...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-20/122616
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1893394
- uk · wq-1893394 · source updated 2 April 2026