Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fine


FILE PHOTO: Woman holds smartphone with Facebook logo in front of a displayed logo for Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore police have ordered Meta to implement anti-scam measures against advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages impersonating key government office holders on its social media network Facebook to combat scams, a government minister said.

The company could be fined up to S$1 million ($775,698) if it fails to comply as part of the first such order under the nation's new Online Criminal Harms Act, which came into force in February 2024.

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