Scams and gambling main targets of social media takedowns


Big clean-up: A large portion of the social media content that was taken down pertained to gambling and scams.

MOST of the harmful content that was taken down on social media was in regard to online gambling and scams, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching.

Online gambling made up the bulk of cases with over 63%, while scams accounted for about 21% of posts taken down online, she revealed in Parliament yesterday.

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