IOSCO关于打击网络伤害和平台提供商作用的声明

IOSCO’SSTATEMENTONCOMBATTINGONLINEHARMAND THE ROLE OFPLATFORM PROVIDERS Retailinvestors are increasingly participatingin capital markets, a trend accelerated bydigitalisationincluding the use ofmobile apps, social media andonlineplatformsofPlatformProviders1topromote andpurchasefinancial productsand services. While greater accessibilitythrough digitalisationhas expandedthe capital base, increasedcompetition and reducedcosts,it alsohascreated new risks.Retail investorslosesignificantamounts of moneytoinvestment fraudorchestrated throughonlinepaid-for advertisementsand user-generated content. Regulators and PlatformsProviders are strategically positioned to mitigate the potentialinvestor harm arising from these risks. IOSCO is concerned about current threats and asksPlatform Providers to enhance efforts, consistent with local law, aimed at reducing risk ofpecuniary harm to investors, which also threatens public trust in the services provided byPlatform Providers. Working together, we can help retail investors, uphold market integrity, and preventfinancialharm globally, particularly given the cross-border nature of online harm. Tofacilitatetheseefforts,IOSCOlaunchedinMarch2025theIOSCOInternationalSecurities and Commodities Alerts Network (I-SCAN), a global database of unlicensedfirms providing investment services or engaging in illegalfinancial activities. PlatformProviders now have the opportunity to play a crucial role in the protection of investor byconnecting automatically to I-SCAN to block, warn against or eliminate illegal investmentofferings from their platforms. IOSCOwelcomes andstrongly supportscurrent efforts bysomePlatformProvidersinsomejurisdictions,2to disrupt the misuse of theirproducts andservices by bad actors who seekto target retail investors, buta continually improving approach is needed to achieve tangiblesuccess. IOSCOhas identified the following measurescurrently used in some jurisdictions,that canhelpdisrupt online harm involvingfinancial misconductand encouragesPlatformProvidersto consider adopting thesemeasures,as consistent with local law: •Duediligenceon unauthorised offerings:Conducting due diligence, including byusing I-SCAN, to ensure that entities seeking to advertise paid content on theirplatforms are legally authorised to operate in the targeted jurisdictions and are notthe subject of investor warnings by regulators; •User compliance:Rigorouslyenforcing applicableterms of services by monitoringand swiftly removinginvestment scamcontentor advertisementsthat violate platformpolicies;•Internal processes:Developing and regularlyupdating appropriate internal rules,policies, processes, and tools for detecting scams;•Legal requirements:Ensuring knowledge of and compliance with all applicable locallaws and regulations in the jurisdictions where the Platform Provider companyoperates;•Directengagement with regulators:Establishingactivecommunicationchannelswithfinancial regulatorsand governmental authoritiesto enableeffectiveinformationsharing, including referrals of identified fraudulent activity.Collaboration withnationalregulatorscan help producetailoredandjurisdiction-specificstrategies tocombatonlinefinancial misconduct. Accordingly, IOSCO today callsonPlatformProviders tojointhis urgenteffortto combatonline harmand to thwart their services from being misused to conduct fraud.