Malaysia Says Facebook, TikTok Must Get License, NST Reports
Malaysia has identified eight social media and online messaging platforms that will be required to obtain a license by next year, even as the government faces resistance to its plans to regulate the industry, the New Straits Times reported.The platforms include Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram; Elon Musk’s X; Google’s YouTube; Pavel Durov’s Telegram; Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s WeChat; and ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said in an interview with t...
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