Education secretary urges web giants including PayPal to help stop 'essay mills' that allow students to cheat by paying them to write assignments Damian Hinds called for firms to help stop websites that let students buy essays The companies say the scripts are just for guidance, not for students to hand in Hinds: ‘I am determined to beat cheats who threaten the integrity of our system Google, YouTube and PayPal have confirmed they are reviewing the issue
By Education Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:20 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 00:20 GMT, 20 March 2019
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Education secretary Damian Hinds called on PayPal and other firms to help stop the 'essay mills' which allow students to buy essays and pass them off as their own
Technology companies must stop helping students to cheat by processing online payments for fake essays, the Education Secretary is demanding.
Damian Hinds called on PayPal and other firms to help stop the so-called ‘essay mills’ companies making money.
The mills help thousands of students to buy essays and pass them off as their own.
They often employ
