Malaysia has stepped up scrutiny of social media companies, after reporting a sharp rise in harmful online content on their platforms

Fahmi cited a recent case where a man had falsely claimed on TikTok to be a pathologist involved in an investigation into the high-profile death of a Malaysian teenager, the report said.

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