Legislator angrily criticized: Taiwan's "Fraud National Team" mistakenly killed experts and encryption KOLs! The IG of the blockchain community was also inexplicably locked.

Taiwan's "anti-fraud national team" has been established one year ago, but the problem of fake investment fraud has not improved significantly. In his questioning, legislator Ge Rujun revealed that the amount of fake investment fraud last week reached more than 1.1 billion yuan, and questioned the fact that the Ministry of Data Development had mistakenly locked multiple legal accounts in the process of cracking down on fraud. (Synopsis: Dr. Po Ge Rujun: Taiwan has Ready Bitcoin reserves!) Cryptocurrency special law "it's better not to be good") (Background supplement: DeepSeek raises financial security concerns, Taiwan's public authorities ban!) Legislators: We must not only ban, but also invest in the development of AI) Taiwan's "anti-fraud national team" was established one year ago, with the goal of completely changing the people's impression of Taiwan's fraud island. However, legislator Ge Rujun's inquiry on the 27th revealed a heavy reality: last week, the "fake investment fraud" alone caused the people to lose NT$1,162.53 million, and the overall fraud financial loss exceeded NT$2 billion, and the fraud has not stopped in Taiwan. According to statistics from the 165 anti-fraud dashboard, 3,909 cases were accepted last week, and the amount of financial losses reached 2,044.68 million yuan, of which fake investment fraud accounted for more than half of the amount. This set of numbers is in line with the trend since 2021, with fake investment scams consistently topping the list of scams. In the face of public pressure, legislator Ge Rujun scolded that although the government set up a "national team to fight fraud", it failed to significantly reduce the incidence of fraud cases, making the public doubt its effectiveness. Digital Development Department Controversy: Compliant Accounts Frequently Mistakenly Locked In his questioning, legislator Ge Rujun directly pointed out that the Ministry of Digital Development "cannot catch real scams, but blocks expert KOLs." He emphasized: "Give virtual asset experts a cyberspace that guarantees freedom of expression!" Ge Rujun further pointed out that the Ministry of Digital Development has repeatedly removed legal fan pages, and even asked legal companies in the United States to restrict Taiwanese users, resulting in users being forced to circumvent the wall. He believes that this "friend or foe" approach is not only disturbing to the public, but also does nothing to reduce the problem of fraud. Especially in the cryptocurrency community, the accounts of Taiwan's local cryptocurrency KOLs have been blocked, triggering a chilling effect in the industry. The inquiry also criticized the Ministry for shifting responsibility to the FSC, but did not see any plan to improve the notification, review or appeal process, which is tantamount to "democratic reversal". I don't know whether it was a coincidence or an accident that was accidentally locked by the platform, and the official Instagram account of BlockTempo was also blocked by the platform for unknown reasons on the 26th, unable to operate or log in to the account, and is currently being contacted through official communication channels, hoping to re-open. Crypto KOLs and content creators have also reported that many accounts have been blocked in the past month, and some crypto exchanges have proposed "rescue plans" to try to help online creators appeal to retrieve their accounts. For example, Balloon Conan also reported examples of successful appeals to unblock accounts after being suspended: Anatomy of a policy framework The Fraud Crime Harm Prevention Ordinance, which went on the road in July 2024, targets online platforms rather than directly censoring content. The focus of this regulation is to verify the identity of advertisers and users to reduce the chance of anonymous fraud, and platforms must remove fraudulent ads within 24 hours after being notified by the government. In addition, platforms are required to submit a transparency report and a complete fraud prevention plan by the end of 2025. The Ministry advocates reducing fraud through platform self-discipline and identity verification mechanisms to reduce the impact on freedom of expression. If the platform violates the rules, the maximum fine can be imposed. For example, Meta was fined $1 million by the Taiwanese government for not disclosing the source of advertising funds. At present, the digital department is facing public opinion representatives and non-governmental joint fire in the fight against fraud, first of all, the accuracy of law enforcement, how to ensure that the target account is indeed a fraud, to avoid accidental injury to legal and normal KOLs, experts have become the key. Secondly, technology catch-up, AI-generated content and the continuous evolution of cross-border platforms make the traditional blacklist mechanism difficult to deal with, and the AI-related regulations of the academy have not yet been released, which seems to be difficult to fill the current gap. Finally, on the issue of complaints and transparency, legislators asked the Ministry to review the process of "cracking down on fraud" within two weeks, and the public also expected a faster and more specific recovery mechanism. After all, the Ministry plans to invest 1.4 billion yuan over three years to strengthen network resilience, and collaborate with the platform, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Mainland Affairs Council and other parties to put forward additional requirements for high-risk community platforms such as TikTok. However, if the efficiency of complaints cannot be improved at the same time, the mis-locking incident will only deepen society's negative imagination of "unfree speech and Internet blockade". 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