Between June 2024 and June 2025, MHA and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) saw an increase in scammers exploiting Facebook to perpetrate impersonation scams using videos or images of key government office holders in fake advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages.
During this period, SPF disrupted about 2,000 such advertisements and online monikers on Facebook.
“Facebook is the top platform used by scammers to commit such impersonation scams. Stemming the proliferation of such impersonation scams is critical to protect the public from harm and uphold trust in our government and public institutions,” MHA said on Thursday.
“While Meta has taken steps to address the risk of impersonation scams globally, including in Singapore, MHA and SPF remain concerned by the prevalence of such scams in Singapore. SPF has therefore issued this implementation directive to Meta, to underscore the seriousness that the government attaches to the matter.”
CNA has contacted Meta for comment on whether it intends to implement the measures.
MHA said authorities are also considering imposing similar requirements on other online platforms and that more details would be announced "in due course".
"MHA and SPF will also work with Meta to leverage its global impersonation protection measures to support other influential public figures in Singapore who may be at risk of being impersonated by scammers."
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During this period, SPF disrupted about 2,000 such advertisements and online monikers on Facebook.
“Facebook is the top platform used by scammers to commit such impersonation scams. Stemming the proliferation of such impersonation scams is critical to protect the public from harm and uphold trust in our government and public institutions,” MHA said on Thursday.
“While Meta has taken steps to address the risk of impersonation scams globally, including in Singapore, MHA and SPF remain concerned by the prevalence of such scams in Singapore. SPF has therefore issued this implementation directive to Meta, to underscore the seriousness that the government attaches to the matter.”
CNA has contacted Meta for comment on whether it intends to implement the measures.
MHA said authorities are also considering imposing similar requirements on other online platforms and that more details would be announced "in due course".
"MHA and SPF will also work with Meta to leverage its global impersonation protection measures to support other influential public figures in Singapore who may be at risk of being impersonated by scammers."
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