SINGAPORE — For the first time since broadcasting laws were amended to tackle harmful content online, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) notified Meta, Facebook’s parent organisation, to remove a group on the platform that uploaded child sexual exploitation material.
The Facebook group and its page were removed by Meta within 24 hours after it was informed to do so, the authority said on Friday .
IMDA was first alerted by the Singapore Police Force to a Facebook page that was part of an “online network facilitating the sharing of such child sexual exploitation content”, it said. It added that tackling the threat of harmful online content is a global issue which requires a “whole-of-society” effort.
“Social media services, too, have a responsibility to ensure online safety for all users, particularly children,” IMDA added.
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