KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — The government and religious institutions will continue efforts to curb any elements or scenes deemed to be promoting inappropriate cultures such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) in films or social media like TikTok.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — Social media platforms today were flooded with complaints from the public regarding a major power outage in the peninsula that affected parts of the Klang Valley but also in areas in other states.

Social media provides many advantages and opportunities to generate profit, especially for the business field

JAKARTA, July 19 — The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country's Ministry of Communications and Informatics, reported Xinhua.

SHAH ALAM, July 18 — The posting pictures and videos of irresponsible individuals dumping garbage illegally in the Klang district will be implemented as both a reminder and a lesson to the public.

SEPANG, June 15 — A man pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of improper use of the network facilities by selling pornographic pictures on social media.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that it has not received any notification regarding a monkeypox infection or of a child said to be infected with the virus here as claimed on social media.

KOTA BHARU, May 8 — A recent viral post of a former trainee doctor or houseman on social media who claimed to be a victim of emotional bullying at a government hospital in Kelantan that resulted in a suicide attempt is an old case, said state Health Department director (JKNK) Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Although making announcements of missing children through social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp can help the authorities to locate them, it must be done carefully to protect the safety of the children and their respective families.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — Bukit Aman has set up a special unit, to constantly monitor social media platforms in an effort to prevent the young generation from getting caught up with extremist groups that could threaten national security.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The ubiquitous social media, while being necessary and beneficial in the world that we live in today, has its dark side too.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 23 — Members of the public have been advised against sharing any videos of wild animal sightings on social media to avoid threats from poachers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Malaysia ranks second in Asia in 2020 for cyberbullying among youths, according to a United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) report – indicating that cyberbullying is becoming an increasingly prominent problem in the country.

MELAKA, Nov 19 — A total of 217 polling centres involving 1,109 streams will be opened tomorrow to enable 476,037 voters to cast their ballots in the 15th Melaka State Election.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has been instructed to review its standard operating procedures so that more proactive action can be taken against those who upload content that is insulting to religion, race, and the Malay Rulers on social media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The public has been reminded not to be easily influenced by get-rich-quick schemes or risk-free schemes that promise unrealistically high returns to avoid falling victim to scams by irresponsible parties.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — There are approximately 28 million users of social media in Malaysia as of January 2021, according to Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Mentek.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — It has been almost a year and a half since movement control was imposed in the country to curb the spread of Covid-19 and that is also the duration of time which has “confined” students of institutions of higher learning (IPT) to their rooms in attending classes, having discussions, completing assignments and making presentations, all done virtually.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — More than half of the participants, aged under 18 in a UN Children's Fund (Unicef) study, said they had met strangers in real life they initially met online.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) said it viewed seriously the technical hiccups that occurred during the booking of the second-round opt-in AstraZeneca vaccine appointment slots this afternoon.