PUTRAJAYA, Jan 1 — Four major Internet messaging and social media service providers have taken significant steps towards regulatory compliance by applying for licences to operate in Malaysia, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 26 — Service providers Telegram and Tencent (WeChat) have initiated the process of obtaining the required licence for operating their platforms in Malaysia, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

WASHINGTON, March 14 — The United States (US) House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill today which would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app or face a ban, in the greatest threat to the app since the Trump administration.

BEIJING, Dec 28 — China's video games regulator granted on Wednesday publishing licences to 45 foreign games for release in the country, further lifting rigid curbs that have hammered the industry for 18 months.

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 — The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat.