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In a major shift for the drone industry, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will ban approvals for new foreign-made drones and critical components from being imported, marketed, or sold in the United States unless specifically cleared by the Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security. This move fundamentally changes how drones built outside the U.S., including those from major manufacturers like DJI and Autel Robotics, can enter the American market.

As of 19 January 2025, TikTok has been officially banned in the US. However, that's not the only app that has been banned. To be more specific, it is ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok that got blocked so in turn, its other apps are also restricted in that country.

A few days ago, a Malaysian teenager died from an electrical shock when charging his phone on a bus. The Minister of Transport Anthony Loke ordered the Land Public Transport Agency to suspend the bus express company's operations for an JPJ investigation.

Just yesterday, a short clip of Singaporean comedian Jocelyn Chia was circulating around the internet and apparently caused a lot of controversy. As a result of her outrageous jokes with reference to Malaysia, particularly the tragic MH370, her Instagram and Twitter account got suspended.

Today, Twitter has announced a bizarre decision to ban the free promotion of certain social media platforms on its own space. In other words, this means you won't be able to post and share other social network links anymore on Twitter.

Today, the Ministry of Transport Malaysia just released a statement about the usage of micro-mobility vehicles. It appears that certain micro-mobility vehicles such as electric scooters are already banned on the road.

Yesterday, we reported that Donald Trump is planning to launch his own social media platform due to the result of being banned by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. However, the Facebook Oversight Board did say they were evaluating his case and here's the latest verdict.

If you have been following news about Donald Trump, you would know that he got banned by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for breaking their policy. It's now May and these tech brands aren't going to even consider allowing him back, which is why Mr Trump here has decided to set up his own social network website.

Ah, former US President Trump. While he did make a lot of people angry over the past four years, some of his tweets (probably handled by his marketing team) were pretty entertaining. If you recall, he got banned and removed from Twitter during the last US elections and...you will never ever see him again.

If you have been following the news in the USA, Donald Trump's supporters are surely causing a lot of trouble in the Capitol. Initially, we weren't going to write news about this but apparently, Facebook has decided to ban Trump's account 'indefinitely'. This decision was made by Mark Zuckerberg himself on his Facebook post.