ISTANBUL, Aug 3 — Two United States (US) agencies filed a lawsuit Friday against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, alleging widespread violations of children’s privacy laws, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

PETALING JAYA, July 26 — The Sessions Court has ordered the defence in autistic boy Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin’s death to report to the relevant authorities if there is content in social media regarding the case that invites sub judice comments contemptuous of the court.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) have filed an objection against a social media account holder’s leave application to initiate judicial review proceedings over the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's (MCMC) decision to block his TikTok account.

PUTRAJAYA, July 17 — Four more individuals are being investigated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) over offensive and provocative comments allegedly posted through a replay of the Parliament session on TikTok on July 9.

PUTRAJAYA, July 16 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is investigating two men who allegedly posted offensive and provocative comments on a replay of the Parliament session on the TikTok platform on Tuesday (July 9).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — Two people were charged in the Sessions and Magistrate’s Courts here today with communication offences related to the death of social media influencer A.

SHAH ALAM, July 10 — Police have asked the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to block and remove six fake TikTok accounts using photos and the name of Raja Muda Selangor Tengku Amir Shah.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil will meet social media platform representatives in Malaysia this month to address cyberbullying.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Not all online content taken down including on TikTok in the country were made based on the applications of the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) or the government of Malaysia, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching.

WASHINGTON, June 19 — The United States (US) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect children's privacy, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and turn Malaysia into a regional AI hub with a proposed investment of about RM10 billion.

WASHINGTON, May 15 — A group of TikTok creators said yesterday they filed suit in a United States federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it, saying it has had “a profound effect on American life”.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 — TikTok said today it would start using a technology aimed at helping it label images and video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and uploaded to the video sharing service.

WASHINGTON, April 24 — The US Senate voted late Tuesday to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the popular short video app's US assets within about nine months or face a ban.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has been instructed to track down and take action against the owner of the TikTok account @janggut_putih, who is suspected of uploading content containing defamatory material.

PUTRAJAYA, April 9 — Social media platform providers TikTok and Meta have been urged to step up their monitoring efforts following the surge in harmful online content.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — Social media platform providers Meta and TikTok have pledged their commitment to ensure online safety measures for children below the age of 13.

SHAH ALAM, March 25 — Police have not received any reports over claims that 10 teenage boys died after being addicted to a vape liquid laced with a drug known as ‘magic mushroom’.

TELUK, March 19 — Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village here, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash strewn on a beach close to her home of 40 years.

MOSCOW, March 15 — TikTok's revenues in the United States (US) spiralled up to a record US$16 billion (RM75.2 billion) last year as the social media giant braces for the possibility of being banned in US territory this year.