SINGAPORE – The authorities are reviewing Meta’s efforts to tackle government official impersonation scams, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Nov 1.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, MHA added that it submitted documentation to the Online Criminal Harms Act (Ocha) Competent Authority on Oct 31.
The authority will “review the documentation and assess Meta’s compliance” with an implementation directive, it said.
Meta, which is the parent company of Facebook, was issued the
directive under Ocha by the police on Sept 24
.
Under the directive, it was required to implement measures to target scam advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages impersonating key government office-holders on the social media platform.
