Malaysia steps up efforts to curb online scam content on social media
Kuala Lumpur, May 26 -- A total of 91% of 271,472 pieces of contents ordered to be taken down by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) issued to social media platform providers have been identified as being related to online scams and gambling. As reported by Malaysia's national news agency Bernama, according to Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil, the total contents were recorded between January 1 and May 23. He said 81% of online gambling content was detected on Facebook, while 58% of online scam content was also on the same platform. Banks in Malaysia successfully blocked about 1.2 billion MYR (300 million USD) that scammers tried to steal through the banking institutions' own security mechanisms, he said. ...
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