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(Picture: PA Wire)Hundreds of thousands of attempted online frauds will be thwarted by forcing social media companies to be more pro-active against cyber criminals, a police chief said on Monday.
James Thomson, chairman of the City of London Corporation’s police authority board which oversees the City of London Police, said the Online Safety Bill would have a significant impact on the growing number of scams targeting people on their mobile phones, computers and other devices.