Rocio Concha, Which? Director of Policy and Advocacy, said: "It is great news for consumers that the government has scheduled the Online Safety Bill to return to Parliament soon. This crucial legislation can help prevent people being targeted by fraudulent online adverts that have such a devastating financial and emotional toll on victims. "The government must now ensure it retains and strengthens the Bill's protections for consumers against a flood of online fraud infiltrating the world's biggest search engines and social media sites." -ENDS-
Notes to editors
- Which? and more than 100,000 supporters have been calling for changes to make tech giants take responsibility for online scams. More information .
- This week more than 19,000 Which? supporters wrote to their local MPs to urge for the return of the Online Safety Bill.
