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Meta and Singapore

2025-09-03 18:20:59.406353+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Rest of World: Meta is letting scams run rampant on its platforms in Singapore

After a 50% increase in scams in 2023, Singapore authorities say Meta isn’t doing enough to stop the explosion in fraud.

Via Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io who notes that:

Singapore is already covered with signs like 'if 'women' online are promising you naked photos in return for gift cards / credits, it is a SCAM'

And the fraud situation is getting worse because of Meta

But, I mean, if you look at any of the ads running on Facebook ya realize that this isn't exactly a Singapore or catfishing limited phenomenon. Meta is a company built on exploiting human weaknesses in order to facilitate scammy commerce and advertising.

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