Martin Lewis
UK expands Online Safety Bill to cover scam ads and eyes wider reforms
The UK government has again announced an extension to the scope of the draft Online Safety Bill — this time bringing scam ads into scope following pressure from campaigners. In…
UK lawmakers push for Online Safety Bill to have a tighter focus on illegal content
A U.K. parliamentary committee that’s spent almost half a year scrutinizing the government’s populist yet controversial plan to regulate internet services by applying a child safety-focused framing to content moderation…
Google tightens UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams
The U.K.’s more expansive, post-Brexit role in digital regulation continues to be felt today via a policy change by Google, which has announced that it will, in the near future,…
Dutch court orders Facebook to ban celebrity crypto scam ads after another lawsuit
A Dutch court has ruled that Facebook can be required to use filter technologies to identify and pre-emptively take down fake ads linked to crypto currency scams that carry the…
UK Facebook users now have a tool to report scam ads
Facebook has launched a tool for U.K. users to report ads they suspect of being scams. The feature can be accessed by clicking the three dots in the top-right corner of each…
Facebook agrees to do more to tackle scam ads after celebrity defamation lawsuit
Facebook has agreed to plough more resource into combating the use of its advertising platform by scammers, saying it will do more to tackle scam ads that use well-known public…
Zuckerberg again snubs UK parliament over call to testify
Facebook has once again eschewed a direct request from the UK parliament for its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify to a committee investigating online disinformation — without rustling up so…
