Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has recently shared that Meta will provide an update on the current Facebook scam ad situation to Communications and Digital Minister, Fahmi Fadzil on 12th January 2023. The Facebook scam ads are out of control as they impersonate popular brands and public figures with little or no action from Meta even after they were reported. The MCMC has recently followed up with a new statement on the steps it has taken with Meta.
2,731 fake pages have been removed between 2020 to November 2022
The MCMC has provided us with the following statement:
MCMC continuously raised it’s concerns over impersonation and false/scam advertisements on Facebook and social media platforms.
Through our engagement with META, we were informed that the platform has stricter policy on advertising. For fake accounts impersonating organisations , including news portals/banks etc, Meta continues to act based on reports either from the affected party and/or authorities. MCMC is working closely with META in exploring onboarding identified organisations, ministries that are frequently being the target of impersonation/fake account.
Pages below have been removed.
https://www.facebook.com/ComedianteJuancitoCenteno/ (reported to Facebook on 21/12/2022）
https://www.facebook.com/xinzhouribaopaper/ (removed by Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/papersmy/ （Removed by Facebook)From 2020 until November 2022, a total of 2,731 fake accounts and…
