United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 18357
Social Media: Fraud
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6 December 2024
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20 January 2025 · Answer
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20 January 2025
Summary
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to create fake online media accounts for public bodies and organisations where the communication of official and public information is
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6 December 2024
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to create fake online media accounts for public bodies and organisations where the communication of official and public information is
Source: Commons
20 January 2025
Answer
I apologise to the Rt. Hon. Member for the delayed response to his question of 6 December. The Online Safety Act, brought forward by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, introduced the false communications offence. This offence captures c...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-06/18357
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1747793
- uk · wq-1747793 · source updated 20 January 2025