Google signs anti-scam industry accord and expands AI-driven fraud defense plans

Scam defense is becoming a coordinated cross-company effort

Google said on March 16, 2026 that it signed the Industry Accord Against Online Scams & Fraud at the UN Global Fraud Summit in Vienna. In its announcement, Google said it is joining companies including Adobe, Amazon, Levi Strauss & Co, LinkedIn, Match Group, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Pinterest and Target in a coordinated effort to share threat intelligence and improve defenses against organized online fraud.

The company's framing is notable because it treats scams as an ecosystem problem rather than an isolated platform issue. Google says criminal networks are becoming more sophisticated and more global, creating financial and emotional harm at scale. The accord is meant to align industry capabilities so that detection signals, defensive practices and operational responses can move across company boundaries faster instead of remaining siloed inside each service.

Google also tied the accord to its own AI and policy agenda. The company said it is building on $15 million in prior Google.org funding by expanding the availability of its expertise and technical capabilities, including AI-driven systems designed to detect and neutralize scams. It added that during 2026 it plans to share more through the Global Signal Exchange, work more closely with law enforcement and publish guidance on data sharing, private-sector referrals and public policy frameworks for anti-fraud cooperation.

For the broader AI and trust-and-safety landscape, the signal is practical. Fraud operations increasingly exploit automation, platform scale and fragmented enforcement. That makes AI-based detection useful, but not sufficient on its own. Google's announcement suggests the next phase of scam defense will rely on coordinated standards, cross-border information sharing and operational playbooks that connect private platforms with public enforcement. For users and enterprises, that means anti-fraud work is moving closer to shared infrastructure rather than remaining a set of isolated product features.

Primary source: Google.