Malaysia to take legal action against Meta over malicious content on Facebook
Despite previous warnings given to Meta on the removal of harmful content, the company had failed to take sufficient action in addressing the issue on its platform.
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Paddlers splash out into cultural waters
Adventures of Dragon Boat Festival is a TV show that is part of Chinese culture, particularly popular with young people.
High Court rules in favour of The Star, MCA vice-president in defamation suit
Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng filed a defamation suit against the two defendants over a comment on a RM4 million allocation for a Chinese vernacular school during the Johor…
Star Media Group’s Esther Ng first Malaysian elected to world press body
She joins four other leading editors and media doyens from South Korea, India, Germany and Finland to the IPI’s global executive board, which elected five new members at the IPI…
When even judicial exoneration can’t keep journalists safe
The writer says even self-censorship and judicial exoneration may not be enough to ensure physical safety of journalists.
Instagram partly to blame for Korea’s record-low fertility rate, says star lecturer
“Back when we were young, we didn’t know omakase dining and golf outings. Because we didn’t have Instagram,” he said, criticising a social media trend in which people…
Photo of ‘golden halo’ on Mount Kinabalu goes viral
Netizens have described the “golden halo” as looking like a necklace, a golden dragon and traditional headgear known as “sigah” worn by Sabah’s indigenous groups.
Bangladesh gov’t not interfering in dissemination of news: Information minister
However, steps will be taken to stop spreading of 'anti-national' or 'false and fabricated' news, he added.
Amnesty International, RSF call out Pakistani authorities over cases filed against journalists to ‘silence critics’
Seven journalists and commentators are the latest to face action following the launch of a state crackdown on the PTI over their alleged involvement in vandalism and violence on…
India denies threatening Twitter with shutdown
Co-founder Jack Dorsey also said that India had also threatened the company with raids on employees if it did not comply with government requests to take down certain posts.