The communications minister stated on Thursday( Oct 12 ) that TikTok had not done sufficient to stop slanderous or misleading information in Malaysia. He added that the short video app had even broken a number of unspecified local rules.
Minister Fahmi Fadzil stated in a social media communication sent after meeting with TikTok representatives that the company also needed to address complaints regarding information distribution and marketing purchases.
He claimed TikTok had assured him that it would work with the government and that its deficiencies were brought on by the country’s lack of a member there at the moment.
Fahmi didn’t provide any additional information in the article.
When asked for comment on the conference or the minister’s remarks, a spokeswoman for TikTok did not respond right away.
Following a ban on e-commerce business on social media last week and as Vietnam searches the app for” dangerous” information, TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has recently come under scrutiny in Southeast Asia.
As Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s management vowed to stop what it deems controversial messages that touch on culture, religion, and nobility, Malaysia has recently increased scrutiny of website content.
The Indonesian government initially announced that it would sue Facebook’s parent firm Meta for breaking the Communications and Multimedia Act earlier this year, but it later changed its mind after conferences with the company.