In 2018 it was made illegal to cold call people to try to sell them pension products, with a £500,000 fine for those that flouted the law. This was due to a lot of people being scammed.
This summer the Online Safety Billl will enlarge rules about cold calling. It will become illegal in any situation, even for legitimate companies, to cold call anyone if it involves any situation being given to the caller about your financial situation.or details eg credit card number for a 'postage surcharge' Anyonevthat doesc so will become subject to the same fines as the 2018 law
More importantly, anyone who receives such a call will instantly know that such calls received areceithercscammers or undertaking illegal activity.
This to be backedcup with ac30 million pound investment in a bew 'National Fraud Squad'.
Action Fraud are to have their 120 call handlers increased to 500 to help deal with complaints.
Meanwhile, Ofcom are to take action over spoof calls, 70% of which come from abroad.(usually Russia or Africa).
They make the number look like it's ones bank calling, fir example, by removing the international dialling code and faking the number. Technology will be made available to stop such attempts at source.even before your phone even rings.
BT have been trialling this on a smaller scale and managed to stop 65% of calls getting through.
This will be rolled out to all telephony operators from 15 May 2023.
Anyone who wishes to use the various unlnown number blocking services available from phone complanies can do so for free, apart from Virgin Media customers who have to pay a charge of £3 per month.
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Originally Posted by Paul
You mean like avoid using it. 
How does "Social Media" harm you ? its not a physical entity.
Also, why only "Women" ? What about Men ? Inbetweens ? Children ?
Hes just another of these useless idiots that mutters things he thinks [some] people want to hear. |
Women were the subject of the interview.
Those legitimately using social media should not have to do without the benefits of doing so because of trolls etc, it's the perpetrators of such behaviour that Nedd to be dealt with.
Social media & the internet can do a lot of harm to people in allsorts of situations, hence the need for the Onlime Harms Act.