A report by market research firm Statista highlights that Vietnam’s e-commerce market is currently dominated by major platforms such as Shopee, TikTok Shop, Lazada, and Tiki.

Victims were targeted through social media platforms, and messaging and dating applications, police said.

Singapore's police have reported that victims lost at least 36 million USD in less than two months to conmen touting investment scams on chat groups and social media platforms.

Malaysia on April 9 required tech giants Meta and TikTok to come up with plans to counter harmful content online.

TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, will halt e-commerce transactions on its app in Indonesia from October 4, after the Southeast Asian country imposed a ban on goods transactions on social platforms last week.

Social media platforms may soon have to comply with a code of practice to tackle harmful online content accessible in Singapore, as stipulated in a bill introduced to the Parliament on October 3.

Cambodian National Police Chief General Neth Savoeun on June 5 asked all officers to monitor social media platforms such as Facebook for posts by ill-intentioned groups who attack the government.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and UNICEF Vietnam launched a media campaign entitled “Kindness is Contagious” on May 6, to build solidarity and spread kindness among young Vietnamese during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using Facebook and other social media platforms to sell products is nothing new among urban communities.

As internet users can access a vast pool of information online, one of the challenges facing digital marketing companies is how to create relevant advertising that targets the right customers, experts said at a Vietnam Online Marketing Forum held in HCM City on August 15.

The Cambodian Government began to take action on July 5 against “fake news” on websites and social media platforms deemed to be undermining national security.