A scandal erupted in Taiwan when an employee at Godiva in Xinyi District, Taipei posted derogatory comments about customers, frustrated by having to work while many stores were temporarily shut down due to Typhoon Gaemi. In the post, the employee harshly criticised customers redeeming chocolate at the store, saying: “Four greedy scoundrels—why weren’t you blown…
Associate Professor Dr Selvakumar Manickam of Universiti Sains Malaysia said that the new regulatory framework would probably lead to more rigorous content moderation and heightened measures against cybercrime, online fraud, cyberbullying, and child sexual abuse. He stressed the importance of frequently reviewing and updating the framework to ensure it remains both comprehensive and effective, given…
Police supported the new regulatory framework for social media platforms with over eight million users, as it addresses long-standing issues with inadequate laws to combat commercial crimes, said Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf. “However, police will work closely with both domestic and international agencies to gather intelligence and…
A 17-year-old girl left home with a man her family did not know, headlined China Press. Not long after she left home, her family received a WhatsApp voice message from her, which was actually from an unfamiliar man, informing them that they were already in Kelantan. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced…
A total of 63,000 Nigerian based Instagram accounts was removed by Meta as it was used engaged in financial sextortion scams that targeted adult American men. The crackdown that occurred in late May focused on a network of cybercriminals known as the “Yahoo Boys”. The removed accounts included 2,500 which was part of a coordinated…
The policeman who was charged with the murder of Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah, Lance Corporal Muhammad Alif Monjani has been suspended. The suspension was recommended by Perak police chief Datuk Azizi Mat Aris, said Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain, reported Sinar Harian. “Bukit Aman has accepted the recommendation to suspend the officer…
The US justice department (DOJ) filed its response late on Friday to TikTok’s civil suit aimed at derailing a law that would force the app to be sold or face a US ban. TikTok’s suit in a Washington federal court argues that the law violates First Amendment rights of free speech. The US response counters…
All social media platforms and online messaging platforms with at least eight million users in Malaysia must be apply for license from August 1. This is part of the new regulatory framework to ensure a safer online ecosystem, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in a statement. The license requirement will be enforced…
Representatives from Perikatan Nasional wanted to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to discuss potential alliances in the 16th general elections, revealed the latter. Zahid, however, is reluctant since he did not wish to be bitten by the same snake twice. “There were ‘delegates’ eager…
Pakistan was trying to stay relevant through “terrorism” and “proxy war” but such a strategy would never succeed, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is especially in the case of Kashmir for which both the countries had to gone to war twice. “I want to tell these patrons of terrorism that their unholy plans…
