Meta's Compliance with Implementation Directive issued by Online Criminal Harms Act Competent Authority and Enhanced Measures that Followed

Mr Low Wu Yang Andre asked 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.

Mr K Shanmugam: 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 the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA) Competent Authority will assess Meta's compliance after it submits the relevant documentation by 31 October 2025.

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