ADS REMAINED ONLINE: A Taipei city councilor misrepresented the NCC’s authoritiy when she accused it of enabling the schemes, the agency saidBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said it had communicated with Meta Platforms about a rising number of scam messages on Facebook.
The commission made the remarks after Taipei City Councilor Angela Ying (應曉薇) on Tuesday accused the NCC of allowing Meta to spread fraudulent job advertisements created by trafficking rings seeking to lure Taiwanese jobseekers to Cambodia, where they would face abusive working conditions.
Ying said the ads remained online even though police have notified Meta about them.
The NCC has the authority to ask Facebook to take them down, but it apparently chose to do nothing, making it a coconspirator
Taipei, Aug. 9 (CNA) Taipei City Councilor Angela Ying (應曉薇) on Tuesday alerted the public to a spate of recent incidents in which Taiwanese have been lured to Cambodia with promises of high-paying jobs, only to be forced into illegal work and held in the country against their will.
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Jakwaun Shannon at the time of his arrest. In a March 15 hearing, the public defender sought a court order to retroactively seal documents to prevent publication of this picture. The judge ruled against a retroactive order but sealed documents including this photo moving forward. The court asked us not to print the photo. This author has chosen to blur the face but has more analysis to offer in the coming days once the ruling is published.
Influential Seattle politicians and No New Youth Jail activists advocated to keep a dangerous teenager with multiple felony charges from jail. Despite pleas from a King County prosecutor, a judge steered Jakwaun Shannon into restorative justice programs.