By Sofia Nasir SHAH ALAM, 27 AUGUST: Tourism Selangor is offering travel vouchers worth RM5,000 in a TikTok competition in conjunction with the Malaysian Travel and Adventure Agents Exhibition (Matta). The agency informed that the competition themed 'Selangor as Malaysia's Featured...

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

JAKARTA, June 15 — Short video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security.

KOTA KINABALU, May 15 — A TikTok user and content creator, Zuraidah Nasir, 34, today apologised after uploading a video condemning the KD Selangor vessel belonging to the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM).

HANOI, May 6 — Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will conduct a comprehensive inspection of TikTok's activities in the country from May 15, given its continuous and regular violations, the ministry announced on Friday (May 5).

DUBLIN, April 22 — Irish public servants have been advised not to use TikTok on work devices because security threats cannot be ruled out, reported PA Media/dpa.

NEW YORK, Apr 15 — Lawmakers in the US state of Montana voted Friday to ban the social media app, TikTok.

By Diana Abd Wahab SHAH ALAM, April 11 — Yayasan Hijrah Selangor is organising a marketing course on the TikTok app, in order to to help entrepreneurs increase their sales and income levels online. Its entrepreneur development manager Elyani Iza Zuber said this is implemented by the Hijrah...

SYDNEY, March 17 — New Zealand will ban TikTok on devices with access to the parliamentary network because of cybersecurity concerns, a government official said on Friday.

ISTANBUL, March 17 — China said Thursday that Washington has not provided any evidence that the popular video sharing app TikTok is a threat to US national security.

WASHINGTON, March 17 — TikTok is in talks with potential buyers after the Biden administration threatened to ban the video-sharing platform nationwide if Chinese owners did not sell their stakes, The New York Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) will continue to intensify efforts to foster the spirit of unity among the youth through various interesting programmes on social media platforms such as TikTok, said its minister Hannah Yeoh.

SYDNEY, Feb 23 — An Australian regulator has sent legal letters to Twitter and Google telling them to hand over information about their efforts to stop online child abuse, drawing them into a crackdown that has already put pressure on other global tech firms.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Following is a statement issued by the agency concerned through the Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) Quick Response Team today to deny a viral news item on social media.

KANGAR, Feb 6 — Police arrested a man for uploading a provocative video clip of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) traffic police officers on duty on his TikTok account.

NEW YORK, Dec 28 — Popular video-sharing app TikTok will not be allowed on official devices used by the House of Representatives and their staff, according to the House's Chief Administrative Office.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — Google is the most popular Internet service, beating Facebook (No.

By Sofia Nasir SHAH ALAM, Dec 23 — Members of the public stand a chance at winning 24 attractive prizes worth over RM5,000 via the #PusingSelangorDulu TikTok Challenge. In a Facebook post yesterday, Tourism Selangor said the competition, which ends on December 31, is open to all via three...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 —The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and the police have called up TikTok’s management to provide an explanation for the three video clips that warned of the recurrence of the May 13, 1969 riots.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — The official campaigning for the 15th general election (GE15) will only kick off on Nov 5 but political parties are already making their presence felt on social media, aiming their pitches at netizens who have yet to decide which “camp” to support.