The Government should consider whether online platforms and social media companies should be required to do Know Your Customer checks on their advertisers, to make it more difficult for fraudsters to promote themselves.

The Government should consider whether online platforms and social media companies should be required to do Know Your Customer checks on their advertisers, to make it more difficult for fraudsters to promote themselves. Type: recommendation | Number: 15 | Paragraph: 95 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: We agree that understanding who is publishing material is an important step in reducing the risk that platforms are used to promote fraudulent content. Under the Online Safety Bill, the government will have the power to introduce secondary legislation mandating identity verification where necessary.