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.

“We are issuing (the order) to Meta because Facebook is the top platform used by scammers for such impersonation scams, and the police has assessed that more decisive action is required to curb these scams,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming said in a speech on Wednesday.

Meta did not respond immediately t

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