KUALA LUMPUR: Facebook-owner Meta and China’s TikTok restricted a report variety of social media posts and accounts in Malaysia in the primary six months of 2023, knowledge revealed by the corporations confirmed, amid a soar in authorities requests to remove content.
Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim’s administration, which got here to energy in November 2022 on a reformist platform, has confronted accusations of backpedalling on its guarantees to defend freedom of speech amid elevated scrutiny of on-line content in current months.
The authorities has denied allegations of stifling dissent on-line, saying it wished to curb provocative posts that contact on race, faith and royalty.
Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim’s administration, which got here to energy in November 2022 on a reformist platform, has confronted accusations of backpedalling on its guarantees to defend freedom of speech amid elevated scrutiny of on-line content in current months.
The authorities has denied allegations of stifling dissent on-line, saying it wished to curb provocative posts that contact on race, faith and royalty.
