KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing Malaysia’s communications minister.Minister Fahmi Fadzil said TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, had been too slow in responding to requests for assistance in police investigations, prompting him to ask the firm’s chief executive for help, Bernama reported.Fahmi cited a recent case where a man had falsely claimed on TikTok to be a pathologist involved in an investigation into the hi

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

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has urged the video-sharing platform TikTok to implement age verification for users after summoning the firm’s top management to demand faster action to…