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Mandate the Ministerial taskforce to explicitly review misleading and fraudulent NFT and cryptoasset advertising.

Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s recently articulated intention to introduce statutory regulation for online advertising, in line with our conclusions and recommendations from our “Influencer culture” inquiry last year. We recommend that the Government respond to the evidence we have gathered on misleading and/or fraudulent advertising for NFTs. It should ensure that any regime compels the entirety of the advertising supply chain take steps to mitigate the risks of harm to consumers from the marketing of NFTs. We further recommend that the Ministerial-led taskforce explicitly reviews the marketing of NFTs and other cryptoassets to address the prevalence of misleading and fraudulent ads. (Paragraph 38) 22 NFTs and the Blockchain: the risks to sport and culture
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 12 January 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Timeline
Recommendation age 2.9 yrs
Report published 11 Oct 2023