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The recent announcement by culture secretary Nadine Dorries that paid for advertising is to be included in the online safety bill is a victory for consumers everywhere, particularly pension savers.
https://www.ftadviser.com/opinion/2022/03/21/online-safety-bill-will-stop-pension-scammers-advertising/
The House of Lords Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee said it is particularly keen to hear from victims of fraud.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/03/08/inquiry-to-look-at-whether-reforms-needed-to-combat-horrifying-fraud-levels/
MPs today slated the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) “meagre ambition” to reduce the Crown Court case backlog and warned that efforts to recruit judges will ignore the need to improve diversity.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/mps-slate-ministry-of-justice-over-crown-court-backlog-and-judges
Around one in 12 judicial office-holders have experienced bullying and/or harassment in the last 12 months, while 5% reported that they had faced discrimination, according to research published yesterday.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/8-of-judges-report-facing-bullying-and-or-harassment
Web giants are facing a major crackdown on the worst illegal activity taking place on their platforms.
The Online Safety Bill will now include people smuggling, hate crimes, fraud and revenge porn as ‘priority’ illegal content.
It means tech companies will be forced to protect users from being exposed to such content rather than waiting for it to be flagged.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10478581/Online-Safety-Bill-force-web-giants-protect-users-fraud-hate-crimes.html
Mark Zuckerberg could land in jail if Facebook does not comply with new online safety laws, the culture secretary has warned.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/online-safety-bill-three-criminal-025500125.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
Social media and online giants should pay compensation to those who have been a victim of fraud when using their sites, the Treasury committee has said in its report on economic crime, alongside a swathe of recommendations for the government.
https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2022/02/02/mps-call-for-online-firms-to-compensate-fraud-victims/
The government is consulting on proposals for new laws to improve the cyber resilience of organisations which are important to the UK economy.
This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 10 April 2022
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposal-for-legislation-to-improve-the-uks-cyber-resilience
A former Bradford social worker who funded a lavish lifestyle using cash swindled from vulnerable victims has been ordered to pay back almost £530,000.
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-01-19/550000-court-bill-for-ex-social-worker-who-swindled-vulnerable-victims
Victims of fraud have been warned to be on their guard after it was revealed they’re more likely to be targeted a second time.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2022/01/19/fraud-victims-warned-against-becoming-repeat-targets/
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