{"id":245654,"date":"2023-06-23T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=245654"},"modified":"2023-06-23T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:52:51","slug":"malaysia-legally-pursues-meta-over-undesirable-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/malaysia-legally-pursues-meta-over-undesirable-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Legally Pursues Meta Over &#8220;Undesirable&#8221; Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/\"><strong>BNR<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Malaysia said on Friday that it will take legal action against Facebook&#8217;s parent company Meta Platforms. It stated that it is due to the latter&#8217;s failure to delete &#8220;undesirable&#8221; content. The action is thought to be the most stringent the country has ever taken on such matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fiercely contested national election last year has heightened ethnic strife. The administration of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has promised to limit &#8220;provocative&#8221; tweets against race and ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Facebook has recently been afflicted with a large number of unwanted content material. The topics covered include racism, royalty, religion, defamation, impersonation, internet gambling, and scam marketing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, in spite of the commission&#8217;s numerous requests, Meta had failed to take the\u00a0necessary steps. It went on to say that legal action was required to enhance cybersecurity responsibility and safeguard customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A request for comment was not immediately responded to by Meta or the commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Race and religion are contentious topics\u00a0in Malaysia, which is dominated by Muslim ethnic Malays. There are also ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commentary about the country&#8217;s renowned royals is likewise a delicate subject, with unfavourable statements about them punishable under sedition laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Facebook action comes only weeks before regional elections in six states. Anwar&#8217;s multi-ethnic coalition is poised to face up against a hard-line Malay Muslim alliance in the upcoming\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Previous Scrutiny Over Meta<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook is Malaysia&#8217;s most popular social media network, with roughly\u00a060% of its 33 million inhabitants having an account on it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Globally, large social media companies like\u00a0Meta,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a>, and TikTok are frequently scrutinized by regulators for the information they publish. Some Southeast Asian governments have regularly asked for content to be removed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vietnam vowed to shut down Facebook in its entirety in 2020 if the company did not comply with government efforts to restrict more local political postings on its platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Indonesia, Facebook removed hundreds of local accounts, pages, and groups tied to a false news syndicate in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BNR &#8211; Malaysia said on Friday that it will take legal action against Facebook&#8217;s parent company Meta Platforms. It stated that it is due to the latter&#8217;s failure to delete &#8220;undesirable&#8221; content. The action is thought to be the most stringent the country has ever taken on such matters. 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