News & Reviews:   Social media

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced that all social media services and internet messaging services with at least 8 million registered users in Malaysia must apply for a Class Licence beginning 1 Aug. In a statement, the commission said that this is part of a new regulatory framework that would be introduced.

If you're following the TikTok vs US story, you probably know the company was told to sell or face a permanent ban. TikTok has refused and retaliated with a lawsuit last month, so the latter outcome seems inevitable. But reports now claim TikTok is looking for ways to get around the issue.

Other platforms want to be TikTok, but TikTok also wants to copy other platforms. That's probably just the nature of businesses, so seeing TikTok testing out adopted features isn't unusual. Having said that, what do you think of longer TikTok videos?

Do you often take screencaps on your game console to post straight to social media? If that's you, then this news might be relevant to you. Yesterday, Nintendo announced that Switch users will no longer connect straight to X. But why?

For WhatsApp, we've seen it slowly transform from a pure messaging app to a new social media platform in its own right. The developer has been working hard lately, with a new feature to pin more messages added earlier this week. Now, there's another new feature for Communities.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has assured that the government has no plans to create new laws or specific Acts for the purpose of regulating social media platforms. Furthermore, he stressed that the government has never even announced any intention to draft such legislation.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has assured that the government has no plans to create new laws or specific Acts for the purpose of regulating social media platforms. Furthermore, he stressed that the government has never even announced any intention to draft such legislation.

Increasingly more people are on social media nowadays. But how many people are there? Most don't know unless they look at surveys or studies, so it's great that a new study was published to update netizens.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that the authorities have blocked access to 1675 websites selling illegal pharmaceutical products in Malaysia. The action was taken under Operation Pangea XVI nationwide from 3 to 10 October, with various products worth over half a million ringgit also confiscated.

The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) revealed that it will summon several social media platform providers over inappropriate advertising content on their platforms. Its Minister, Fahmi Fadzil, said that discussions will be held aimed at getting clarifications concerning these ads.