Overview

• Police issued the first implementation directive under the Online Criminal Harms Act, delivered on Sept. 24 to Meta for Facebook.
• Non-compliance can draw a fine of up to S$1 million upon conviction, with up to S$100,000 for each additional day the offence continues.
• Meta must deploy enhanced facial recognition in Singapore and prioritise review of local user reports to target fake ads, accounts, profiles, and pages impersonating key office holders.
• Officials say Facebook is the top channel for these scams; police disrupted about 2,000 related ads or monikers from June 2024 to June 2025, as cases rose to 1,762 in the first half of 2025.
• Meta says deceptive use of public figures violates its policies and that it removes such content using specialised detection systems while cooperating with law enforcement; authorities may impose similar requirements on other platforms.