With online scams getting out of hand on social media, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil recently called on the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to take faster and tougher action. As we’ve reported extensively, Facebook is a cesspool of scams as it allowed scam ads to run on its platform without basic checks. They have also not taken swift action when the ads were reported by users, allowing scammers to continue their activities which cause financial losses to victims.
We’ve followed up with the MCMC if they have contacted Meta to expedite the removal of identified scam ads. Here’s their response to us:
MCMC has reached out to Meta on the matter, and they have responded.
Meta has existing mechanism and is also exploring other mechanism to prevent such activities from happening again. Meta will be updating YBM on 12 Jan.
-Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
Prior to this, the MCMC has not issued a public statement about the recent scam ads on Facebook. In contrast, the commission had acted quickly to demand TikTok to explain the appearance of May 13 videos which were also sponsored on their platform. Eventually, TikTok took action and removed the offending videos the next day.
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TIGA (3) KLIP VIDEO AMARAN RUSUHAN 13 MEI BERBAYAR: MCMC DAN PDRM TELAH PANGGIL TIKTOK BERI PENJELASAN. pic.twitter.com/t5KmBaMi7Z
— MCMC (@MCMC_RASMI) November 30, 2022
The explanation that Meta has an existing…
