MCMC calls META management to discuss the issue of online fraud
Astro Awani
May 6, 2023
MCMC calls META management to discuss the issue of online fraud
Minister of Communications and Digital Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil spoke at the Fluencer 2023 Grand Council with Social Media Users at the Telecom Museum today. - BERNAMA photo
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is about to call the management of the META platform to discuss the issue of online fraud which is seen to be still prevalent until now.
Minister of Communications and Digital Fahmi Fadzil informed that his party takes this issue seriously and intends to fight the issue of scammers in the near future.
"We will invite the META party to meet with MCMC and try to understand why the META party is so slow or sluggish in identifying the scam (fraud) that is happening.
"Before this we saw scams about house cleaners, or there were other scams involving car sales scams or things like that and there seemed to be no response from META.
"This is the reason why I instructed the chairman of MCMC to take META's side," he told the media when met at the Ramah Mesra Bersama program with social media users in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
In the meantime, he saw the need for social media platform providers to open offices in the country to closely monitor problems related to online fraud.
"Perhaps there is a need for us to examine the appropriateness of this social media platform service provider to be based in Malaysia.
"Right now they provide services but they don't have a base or office in Malaysia. This makes it a little difficult," he added.
