Malaysia to take legal action against Meta over harmful content
Malaysian government said on June 23 it will take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (META) for failing to remove "undesirable" posts, the strongest measure the country has taken to date over such content.
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Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian government said on June 23 it will take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (META) for failing to remove"undesirable" posts, the strongest measure the country has taken todate over such content.
The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commissionsaid Facebook has recently been plagued by a “ significant volume ofundesirable content” relating to sensitive issues on race, religion and royaltyas well as defamation, impersonation, online gambling and scam advertisements. The commission said repeated efforts toreach out to Meta to remove harmful content were of no avail.
🌟 Big social media firms such as Meta, Google’s YouTube andTikTok are often under regulatory scrutiny over content posted on theirplatforms.
Earlier, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that the National Cyber Security Committeehad decided to draft the Cyber security Bill immediately to ensure completion ofall legal aspects related to cyber security.
🔜 The Prime Minister emphasised that the bill will give the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) a clear legal authority to regulate and enforce laws related to cyber security and enhance the effectiveness of its functions./.
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This follows Telegram’s serious failure to address the content that has been repeatedly reported to them, despite various efforts of negotiation and cooperation made by MCMC, it said.
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