How can government/law enforcement/civil society effectively measure whether social media platforms and tech companies are adequately safeguarding users against fraud?
Background
To effectively respond to and tackle economic crime, it is important to ensure that government policy and law enforcement activity is having the desired impact. Only through reviewing our responses and understanding ‘what works’ can we seek to adapt and close vulnerabilities and strengthen our response.
Further research on ‘what works’ for economic crime could consider how best to assess ‘what works’ in preventing and disrupting economic crime, particularly given the challenges presented by the hidden nature of the crime types involved. This section also includes some questions that are relevant across all the crime types, as similar questions applying a cross-cutting approach may be of particular value here.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Economic Crime Areas of Research Interest ARI report July 2025 1
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Mobile Data Association Ltd
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Why might this be relevant?
The project proposes a technology framework for a single national standard reporting interface to report fraud and abuse on social media platforms.
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FRAUDSIM: A fraud control optimisation tool for readjustment to the new normal
The importance for our society to reduce criminal profit and deter future generations from finding financial crime as a rewarding lifestyle is one of the key aspects that we are envisioning to contribute with this projec...
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Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on fraud control optimization but does not directly address measuring social media platform safeguarding.
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Fraud, Cybercrime and Ageing in the UK and South Korea
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Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on fraud and cybercrime against older adults, not directly addressing measuring social media platform safeguarding.