Malaysia is currently mulling over whether or not to impose the social media licensing requirement on professional networking platform LinkedIn. Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said that he has asked the...
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has recently been reported to have taken down a pretty staggering 63,652 pieces of fraudulent content off of social media last year. This...
Messaging platform Telegram has a verification program for public figures and organisations, indicated by a blue check that you may have seen elsewhere on the internet. In what is announced...
At the start of Malaysia's new social media licensing requirement, TikTok and WeChat have successfully obtained a licence to operate in the country. This is according to the latest update...
President-elect Donald Trump recently asked the US Supreme Court to delay the law that would ban TikTok, the social media platform owned by the China-based company, ByteDance, from operating in...
Previously, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced that messaging and social media platforms must apply for a license to operate locally if they have eight million or more...
Back in October, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) published a draft of the Code of Conduct (Best Practice) for Internet Messaging and Social Media Service Providers with the...
Messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a small number of additions in the spirit of celebrating the upcoming new year. As such, these additions are unfortunately only here for a limited...
The communications ministry is exploring measures to regulate social media use among minors. According to its deputy minister Teo Nie Ching, the government is currently reviewing Australia's proposed plan to...
WhatsApp has introduced an exciting suite of new calling features for both desktop and mobile users. These include the new ability to select call participants, additional video effects, enhanced calling...
Reddit has launched a new search tool powered by AI called Reddit Answers. The tool leverages on the fact that many internet users use this platform to crowdsource answers to...
Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil has called on social media operators to strictly enforce age limit guidelines. The minister said that platform providers must take action and failure to do so...
