Coalition of organisations including City of
London police and Which? demand
Social Media sites vet adverts
A coalition of organisations including City of London police and the consumer body Which? is demanding the government make tech giants such as
Google and
Facebook legally responsible for fake and fraudulent adverts.
In a joint letter to the home secretary, Priti Patel, the 17 organisations have urged ministers to force search engines and social media sites to vet all adverts they publish to protect the public from an “avalanche” of scams involving investments and other financial offers.