KUALA LUMPUR – More than 127,000 scam-related contents across various social media platforms have been detected by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) since the beginning of the year, with requests issued to the respective platforms for their removal.
Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said the figure was recorded from Jan 1 until today, with Facebook accounting for 53 per cent of the detected content, followed by TikTok at 39 per cent, Bernama reported.
“This total represents 27 percent of all content removal requests made, while the remainder involves other social media platforms. The issue of scam crimes, mostly utilising fake accounts, is among the most requested to be removed by the MCMC.
“We see that Facebook and TikTok are the two platforms where most of these scam crimes are detected,” he said at a press conference after the Cabinet Meeting here today.
Fahmi urged the public to verify information through the Sebenarnya.my and MyCheck portals, as well as rely on credible mainstream media sources, to reduce the risk of falling victim to scams.
Meanwhile, he said the government had given identified social media platforms several months to ensure compliance with two codes introduced to address harmful content that could threaten users’ safety, property and lives.
The two codes are the Child Protection Code (CPC) and the Risk Mitigation Code (RMC), which took effect on June 1 under the Online Safety Act 2025 (Act 866).
“Identified social media platforms must comply with both of these codes, and we are giving them time over the next few months to ensure all actions are taken in a coordinated manner to prevent harmful content that can threaten property or lives from being allowed on their respective platforms anymore,” he said.
Fahmi said the move was necessary as the process of removing each piece of content flagged by the government requires significant time and resources.
“For every piece of content requested to be taken down, MCMC personnel require 30 to 45 minutes to fill out forms and submit them to the relevant parties. So it indeed consumes time and incurs high costs for the government,” he said. – August 19, 2026