https://www.ft.com/content/7bb3a69e-4c96-4b38-bc5f-17174800ff7c
"The British government should introduce a new corporate criminal offence to ensure that Big Tech platforms and telecoms companies tackle financial crime, peers have urged.
The recommendation, in a report released on Saturday by the House of Lords’ Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud committee, reflects growing concern that the cost of living crisis has made consumers even more vulnerable.
“Platform companies and telecom companies have basically skipped off without responsibility for the fact that many of their customers are first encountering fraud over their platforms and devices,” said Baroness Nicky Morgan, the committee’s chair."
Facebook gets revenue from criminals' ads
BT gets revenue from scammers calls.
They are making money out of crime.
We may have to wait, though, until we get a government that is not subservient to big business and funded by billionaires
Two years should be enough.
"The British government should introduce a new corporate criminal offence to ensure that Big Tech platforms and telecoms companies tackle financial crime, peers have urged.
The recommendation, in a report released on Saturday by the House of Lords’ Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud committee, reflects growing concern that the cost of living crisis has made consumers even more vulnerable.
“Platform companies and telecom companies have basically skipped off without responsibility for the fact that many of their customers are first encountering fraud over their platforms and devices,” said Baroness Nicky Morgan, the committee’s chair."
Facebook gets revenue from criminals' ads
BT gets revenue from scammers calls.
They are making money out of crime.
We may have to wait, though, until we get a government that is not subservient to big business and funded by billionaires
Two years should be enough.
