MOSCOW, July 12 — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov yesterday said wartime censorship in Russia is justified amid the conflict with Ukraine and the closure of opposition-minded media.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — United States president-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office tomorrow, as the app with 170 million American users buzzed with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — The Home Ministry (KDN) issued a prohibition order against six publications deemed potentially harmful to morality, under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 (Act 301), effective December 19 last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The High Court today dismissed a judicial review bid filed by the director and producer of the banned film Mentega Terbang.

BRUSSELS, Nov 12 — Apple was told by the European Union today to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user’s geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The High Court here today fixed January 6 to decide on the merits of the judicial review sought by the director and producer of the movie Mentega Terbang against the government’s ban on its screening and publicity.

BRASILIA, Sept 27 — X told Brazil’s Supreme Court it has complied with orders to stop the spread of misinformation and asked a judge to lift a ban on the platform, according to a document seen by Reuters, in a major retreat by billionaire owner Elon Musk’s battle against “censorship”.

SÃO PAULO, Sept 19 — Social media platform X became accessible to many users in Brazil yesterday as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country’s Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 — Lawyers for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance will square off with the Justice Department in a Washington courtroom today over the fate of a law that could ban the short video app used by 170 million Americans as soon as January 19.

CALIFORNIA, Aug 27 — Meta Platforms chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration had pressured the company to “censor” Covid-19 content during the pandemic, apparently referring to White House requests to take down misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Meta apologised today for removing content from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh last week.

ISTANBUL, Aug 5 — Turkiye’s government will hold talks with Instagram officials today after blocking access to the social media platform last week, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said in a post on X.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The Prime Minister’s Office today summoned Meta representatives to explain the removal of content related to Palestine issues from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s social media platforms.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — The government is considering a proposal for a social media app for Malaysians, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

SYDNEY, June 5 — Australia’s cyber safety regulator today dropped a legal challenge against X over the removal of videos showing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney being stabbed, after a setback last month in the federal court.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 —The Film Censorship Board (LPF) will not approve the screening of any films that promote LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) lifestyles, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail He stressed that the executive body responsible for filtering...