Personation: Internet
(asked on 6th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat the online practice of "catfishing"; and whether they intend to make it a criminal offence.
This question was answered on 14th December 2017
Catfishing is one of the online harms which we are considering as part of our Internet Safety Strategy. The Strategy, which was published on 11 October, considers ways in which we can ensure Britain is the safest place in the world to be online.