Facebook group containing child sexual exploitation material taken down: IMDA

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Meta has taken down a Facebook page and group which contained Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) following an instruction by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to review and remove the content. In a statement on Friday, IMDA said it also directed...

Meta has taken down a Facebook page and group which contained Child Sexual Exploitation Material following an instruction by the Infocomm Media Development Authority to review and remove the content.

This is the first time IMDA has notified a social media service of such content since the Broadcasting Act was amended in February to include enhanced Online Safety requirements.

 

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