Sebelas Perusahaan Teknologi Terbesar Dunia Teken Kesepakatan Dengan Pemerintah Inggris Untuk Berantas Kejahatan Online

British Interior Minister James Cleanly (photo: x @davesumnersmith)

JAKARTA - Eleven of the world's largest tech companies, including Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google, and Microsoft, signed an agreement with the British government on Thursday, November 30 to step up their efforts to tackle online scams.

In the "Online Fraud Charter," which will be signed in a meeting chaired by the Minister of Home Affairs, James Cleanly, in London, the companies pledged to take further action to block and remove false content from their websites.

Apart from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, this voluntary agreement will be signed by Meta Platforms Inc.'s eBay, Facebook and Instagram., Microsoft's LinkedIn, Match Group's Snapchat, Google's ByteDance's TikTok, and YouTube, with promises to implement measures that apply to their company within six months.

"The fraud is now Britain's most common crime, with online fraudsters targeting the most vulnerable groups in society," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement.

These measures include providing simple and fast fake material reporting routes, as well as working closely with law enforcement in their efforts to target fraudsters.

These companies will also be committed to increasing the level of verification in the inter-user market, while people who use online dating services will have the opportunity to prove they are not imposters.

The UK government says fraud accounts for about 40% of all crimes in the UK and Wales, with data from the UK Finance industry agency showing that nearly 80% of all autored push payment scams come from the online world.