Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil says he has raised the issue of Facebook scam ads with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and within his ministry (KKD). Meta has been notoriously allowing scammers to use its social media to run scam ads impersonating Malaysian brands and public figures.
As shared by the MCMC recently, they have removed 2,731 fake accounts and impersonation pages across multiple social media platforms from 2020 to November 2022. However, they have shared that existing regulatory policies are not effective in handling platforms hosted overseas which include Facebook.
I have raised this with @MCMC_RASMI and within the ministry. We are studying, assessing best mechanism including possibly enhancing legal, regulatory framework. https://t.co/4olxjmEmvc
— Fahmi Fadzil 🇲🇾 (@fahmi_fadzil) December 28, 2022
In a recent tweet, Fahmi says the government is currently studying, accessing the best mechanism including possibly enhancing legal and regulatory framework to tackle the issue. The MCMC told us that Meta will be updating the minister on 12th January 2023.
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