Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has granted licences to China-based Tencent's WeChat and ByteDance's TikTok to operate under a new social media law. This law, which became ...
The removal of independent fact-checking raises concerns about the spread of misinformation, especially in politically sensitive contexts.
Advisory firm Kepios said YouTube had about 24.1 million users in Malaysia in early 2024, TikTok 28.68 million users aged 18 and above, Facebook 22.35 million users, and X had 5.71 million.
Malaysia has identified eight social media ... The platforms include Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram; Elon Musk’s X; Google’s YouTube; Pavel Durov’s Telegram ...
The minister has asked MCMC to review whether LinkedIn is considered a social media platform. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The social media giant Meta is in the final stages of securing an Application Service Provider (ASP) Class Licence in ...
Malaysia is exploring how financial technology (FinTech) can serve as a key instrument in all the agreements signed between ...
Malaysia is currently mulling over whether or not to impose the social media licensing requirement on professional networking platform LinkedIn.