“At Shopee, we are committed to providing all our users with a safe, reliable and enjoyable shopping experience, and we have zero tolerance for selling offensive items on our platform. However, sellers often employ specific keywords or codes to evade detection. I feel we are not in a safe place anymore,” he said.Īccordng to Adil, the seller had over 800 followers, 21 listed products, and a six-year history on the platform.Ī similar listing was also found on another ecommerce platform.Īccording to Shopee, it employs a range of automated and manual screening processes to identify and block such listings. Sakit hati (anguished) until I didn’t know what to say. He also tagged the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the police, and Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil. He added that he posted the notice so the authorities could stop the group’s activities. “It’s alarming, just RM40 for unlimited access,” he said. The group Adil was given access to has 35 members with a “VIP Club” profile photo. He added that the group admin also provided access to other similar groups in Telegram. Within the Telegram group, Adil claimed to have seen material on child pornography. “The sellers only asked if I knew what the group was for, then said I could copy the Telegram group link and search on Google,” he said. The issue was highlighted by Adil Hidayat in a post on the Pendakwah Teknologi Facebook page yesterday after he was alerted about it by another user.Īdil said he purchased it to verify if the claim was true so he could alert the authorities, adding that the seller contacted him and shared an invite to a Telegram group. “We are also investigating the individuals involved and have reported this to the police,” it said. The company is now reviewing its site to protect users from such listings. “We have permanently banned the associated seller account,” a Shopee spokesperson said in a statement. “We immediately removed this listing from our platform as soon as we became aware of this matter. PETALING JAYA: Ecommerce platform Shopee has removed a listing that allegedly sold access to a Telegram group sharing child pornography for just RM39.99. Shopee bans seller offering access to group for RM39.99
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