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Ministry of Home Affairs / Singapore Police Force — Meta Platforms
September 25, 2025 · Singapore
Singapore issued its first Implementation Directive under the Online Criminal Harms Act, ordering Meta to deploy enhanced facial-recognition measures and prioritise Singapore reports to detect and remove Facebook impersonation scams using officials' likenesses, on pain of fines up to SGD 1 million.
Key takeaway — how to prevent this
Biometric data (faces, iris, fingerprints) needs an explicit lawful basis or consent. Scraping or capturing it without one is unlawful across the EU/UK and many US states (e.g. Illinois BIPA) — and draws the largest fines.
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