Whether Meta Complied with Implementation Directive Issued by the Online Criminal Harms Act Competent Authority by 30 September 2025

Question:

Mr Low Wu Yang Andre: To ask the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether Meta has complied with the Implementation Directive issued by the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA) Competent Authority by the 30 September 2025 deadline; (b) what specific enhanced measures have been implemented by Meta as a result; and (c) whether similar directives are being considered for other platforms where scams are prevalent.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs:

1. The Implementation Directive requires Meta to strengthen Facebook’s measures against impersonation scams. This includes enhancing measures to stop and/or prevent the publication of photos and videos of key Government office holders used in scam advertisements, remove accounts, profiles, and/or business pages that impersonate these office holders, and prioritise the review of end user reports from Singapore on such advertisements, accounts, profiles and/or pages. The OCHA Competent Authority will assess Meta’s compliance after it submits the relevant documentation by 31 October 2025.

2. We will consider imposing similar requirements on other online platforms depending on the scam situation.