{"id":777034498,"date":"2025-11-12T08:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777034498"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:10:53","slug":"malaysia-summons-meta-again-over-ad-revenue-linked-to-scams-and-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-summons-meta-again-over-ad-revenue-linked-to-scams-and-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia summons Meta again over alleged ad revenue linked to scams and illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The regulator wants answers from the tech giant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has said that it will summon Meta again after it opened an investigation into reports about the tech giant’s revenue from scams, illegal gambling and other banned activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal Meta documents cited by Reuters suggested the company flagged as much as 10.1 per cent of its annual revenue as connected to \u201chigh-risk\u201d ad categories. According to the report, Meta\u2019s platforms may have shown users as many as 15 billion suspected scam ads per day, while internal enforcement only intervened when the company was at least 95 per cent certain that an advertiser was fraudulent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta rejected the report, calling the figures \u201crough and overly inclusive,\u201d and warning that overregulation could \u201cstifle innovation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between January and early November 2025, Malaysian authorities requested the removal of 157,208 illegal ads and 44,922 scam ads, most of them on Meta platforms. Gambling-related promotions continue to dominate enforcement efforts, with far higher takedown volumes than on rival services such as TikTok, Telegram, or YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MCMC commissioner Derek Fernandez described the revelations as \u201cserious and disturbing,\u201d adding that tech companies were profiting from criminal activity while public funds were used to police their content. He proposed a \u201cpublic safety and online-harm rating system\u201d for digital platforms to assess transparency and effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Malaysia summons Meta over report of profits from scam and gambling ads<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The regulator wants answers from the tech giant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is investigating Meta over allegations of profiting from illegal gambling and scam advertisements, citing internal documents suggesting a significant portion of Meta's revenue is linked to \"high-risk\" ad categories. This regulatory scrutiny highlights concerns over platform accountability for illicit content and the financial implications for tech giants. MCMC proposes a new rating system for digital platforms to enhance transparency and effectiveness in content moderation.","focusai_entities":"Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, MCMC, Meta, Reuters, Derek Fernandez, TikTok, Telegram, YouTube","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Meta's Revenue Impact?","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Meta's NGR from potential regulatory fines or mandated changes to its advertising monetization model in high-growth markets like Malaysia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might MCMC's proposed \"public safety and online-harm rating system\" influence the development of broader governance frameworks for digital platforms across ASEAN jurisdictions, particularly concerning iGaming advertising?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24901,20326,226,24840],"class_list":["post-777034498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-facebook","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-malaysia","tag-meta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777034498"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777034521,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034498\/revisions\/777034521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777034498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777034498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777034498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}