{
  "id": 9234152,
  "title": "Meta takes action against 3.7 million scam-linked 'shell pages' and accounts in partnership with Singapore police",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/meta-takes-action-against-3-7-million-scam-linked-shell-pages-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T01:01:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/spf-meta-facebook-instagram-scams-6402031"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Meta has taken action against 3.7 million scam-linked shell pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagram, in partnership with Singapore police. The takedowns, part of a two-year effort, involve removing or restricting 3.64 million shell pages that had not yet been used for scams but were set up as infrastructure for future scam campaigns. This shift in focus represents a move from removing individual accounts to dismantling entire scam networks, with Meta describing shell pages as a \"newer scam vector\" identified through collaboration with the Singapore Police Force.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times",
        "title": "3.6m ‘shell pages’ on Facebook, Instagram found primed for scams after S’pore police tip-off: Meta",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/3-6m-shell-pages-on-facebook-instagram-found-primed-for-scams-after",
        "published": "2026-09-23T01:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Singapore",
        "title": "Meta takes action against 3.7 million scam-linked 'shell pages' and accounts in Singapore police partnership",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/meta-takes-action-against-3-7-million-scam-linked-shell-pages-and-9237316",
        "published": "2026-09-23T01:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Meta acts against 3.7 mil. scammers' accounts with Singapore police help",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/meta-acts-against-3-7-mil-scammers-accounts-with-singapore-police-help",
        "published": "2026-09-23T02:27:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Meta, Singapore police act against 3.7m scam-linked accounts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/meta-singapore-police-act-against-3-7m-scam-linked-accounts",
        "published": "2026-09-23T02:27:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}