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“Yet platforms have very little legal responsibility for protecting their users, despite often being the best placed to tackle harmful content.”
Scams have escalated in the past 12 months, with Action Fraud figures suggesting that £1.7 billion was reportedly lost to them over the period.
Action Fraud estimates that, in the year to June 2020, 85% of all fraud was cyber-enabled.
But the coalition said the actual financial losses are likely to be much higher and do not capture the emotional impact on victims.
The letter read: “Across industry, regulators and consumer groups, there is now wide-ranging consensus on the urgent need for action to tackle scams and the critical role that online platforms must take in protecting users from the harm caused by fake and fraudulent content.
Bid to make Facebook and Amazon pay legal price for online scams as Scots fraud soars during lockdown
Bid to make Facebook and Amazon pay legal price for online scams as Scots fraud soars during lockdown A coalition of organisations is calling on ministers to bring in new laws to make online platforms such as Facebook and Amazon legally responsible for online scams - as it emerged cases of fraud in Scotland have soared during the pandemic. The Dunfermline-based Carnegie UK Trust is one of 17 organisations who are warning that a failure to make online platforms such as Facebook and Amazon directly responsible for any scam content on their site risks the UK failing in its ambition to be the safest place in the world to be online.
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The proportion of income protection claims triggered by mental health issues doubled in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to an insurer.
More than one in four (27%) such claims were triggered by mental health conditions last year, compared with 13% in 2019, making it the most common cause of claim, according to data from Zurich.
It released the findings ahead of Mental Health Awareness week from May 10 to 16.
Around £1.7 million of payments were made to individual policy holders who claimed. Some sought clinical support as part of their policy for conditions including depression, stress and anxiety, Zurich said.