KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The public is advised to lodge essential supplies complaints through the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry's (KPDN) official channels instead of on social media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Communications and Digital Ministry is currently assessing the necessary steps to strengthen compliance with the law on social media platforms.

MUMBAI, Oct 7 — India has sent notices to social media platforms X, formerly known as Twitter, YouTube, and Telegram, asking them to ensure there is no child sexual abuse material on their platforms, the government said on Friday (October 6).

SHAH ALAM, Oct 6 — Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas) has denied allegations of the presence of plastic rice in its products circulating on social media.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 28 — Muslims need to use social media beneficially by sharing content that carries a message of goodwill and avoid divisive content, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 — The Department of Statistics (DOSM) released a report by MyCensus 2020: Population Well-Being (Social Relations) today, claiming that 11.8 million people in Malaysia aged 15 and over use mobile data as a mode of accessibility to the Internet.

KUCHING, Sept 16 — The  Education Ministry is firm in handling the issue of teachers using students as social media content.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — Social media and the internet have firmly entrenched in the daily lives of Malaysians, significantly shaping their lifestyle, thought processes, values, and even their political affiliations.

SHAH ALAM, Sept 12 — Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) has said there is a viral video about repair works at its water treatment plant in 2021, which has been reposted on social media recently.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — The Malaysian contingent heading to the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou have been advised to limit the use of social media and ensure they remain focused.

KULAI, Aug 10 — Social media service platform providers have given their cooperation in helping to delete content that touched on the 3R issue of race, religion and royalty throughout the campaigning period in the six state polls.

LONDON, July 20 — TikTok is now the most used single source of news across all platforms for teenagers in the UK, the German News Agency (dpa) quoted new research from UK communications regulator Ofcom.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Fuelled by a global pandemic and social media, online fraud and scams are increasing and show no sign of abating, even as governments and communities step up efforts to increase awareness among the public.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 – The government has no authority to block any TikTok account, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — The Communications and Digital Ministry (KKD) has been engaging with social media platform providers and operators to help them better understand the laws pertaining to royalty, religion, and race (3R) issues.

PUTRAJAYA, July 4 — Malaysia is yet to move towards legislation to hold social media companies accountable for failing to remove incorrect and false information from platforms, as what has been done in Australia, says Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KOTA BHARU, June 24 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will take stern action against the dissemination of slander including on social media, especially during the upcoming state elections.

SHAH ALAM, June 20 — The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) is improving its social media and website content to further disseminate information about zakat (tithe) and the obligation to perform it.

KULAI, June 4 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) received a total of 744 reports on online scams involving Facebook sites from January to May 25.

PARIS, June 2 — Lawmakers in France have unanimously passed a bill to regulate paid social media influencers and combat fraud, officials said on Thursday (June 1).