The Online Safety Bill is due to complete its final stages in the House of Lords this month and it includes some very welcome measures especially around fraud. However, as I exposed in my campaign about anonymous abuse, the elephant in the room is fake and anonymous accounts.
Research from Clean Up The Internet shows that the ability to easily create anonymous, fake and deceptive social media accounts is a common enabler of pretty much every form of fraud perpetrated online.
The Government has already done the hard yards by committing to giving verification options - I am now imploring Ministers not to let the legislation fall short at this final hurdle.
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