Meta was fined tens of millions of dollars this year! Legislators inquired about the reasons for the violation and revealed that there was a time lag in the paper notification of cases issued by the North City Government

[Reporter Qiu Qiaozhen/Report from Taipei] When legislator Qiu Ruohua was questioned at the Legislative Yuan Transportation Committee today (14th), she was concerned that the social platform Meta had been fined 6 times in two years for violating the "Fraud and Crime Harm Prevention Ordinance", with a total fine of NT$28.5 million, and asked Meta about its improvement after the violation.

According to the administrative penalty record announced by the Digital Industry Agency of the Ministry of Digital Development (Digital Industry Agency), Meta was fined four times in 2025, with a total of 18.5 million yuan; and was fined twice more on the same day on August 14 this year (2026), each with a fine of 5 million yuan. The violations involved information disclosure of AI, deep fake personal image advertisements, and the obligation to deal with fraudulent advertisements.

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The legislator pointed out during the inquiry that Meta had been fined 28.5 million yuan in two years, and questioned whether it was fined again because it failed to improve the violations, and asked the Ministry of Digital Information and Technology to specify the violations.

In this regard, Lin Yijing, Minister of the Department of Digital Development, said that Meta has continued to improve. Currently, the Department of Digital Development imposes penalties for each violation and requires operators to make corrections within a time limit. If improvements are not completed, penalties will continue, and operators will also worry about continuous penalties.

Regarding the specific violations of Meta, Lin Yijing further explained that one was failure to remove fraudulent advertisements within 24 hours, and the other was failure to fully disclose information in accordance with regulations. Among them, some of the cases that were not removed from the shelves within 24 hours were notified by the Taipei City Government. Meta also complained to the Ministry of Digital Information Technology that the Taipei City Government used paper notifications at that time, and the industry still had to further process the information after receiving it.

Legislator Qiu Ruohua asked whether there was a time difference due to the paper notification? Lin Yijing responded that there was indeed a time difference. The legislator then asked whether the subsequent processing had been switched to electronic methods. Lin Yijing said that the Ministry of Digital Development has stepped in to continue coordination and requested the Taipei City Government to submit delisting notifications electronically instead of using paper, because paper notifications are inconvenient and not environmentally friendly for either Meta or the Taipei City Government.

Legislators are further concerned about whether the companies that were punished in August this year have been formally required to make corrections within a time limit, as well as the current improvement status. The Ministry of Digital Development stated that it has asked Meta to make corrections within a deadline, and the industry has also completed relevant improvements.

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