MCMC to sue Facebook's parent Meta for failing to cooperate, take down harmful posts
MCMC said it had reached out to Meta to remove ‘a significant volume of undesirable content’ relating to race, royalty, and religion (3R), defamation, impersonation, online gambling, and scam advertisements that it said has plagued Facebook recently, but to no avail. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Friday, 23 Jun 2023 9:52 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said today it would take legal action against Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, for its non-cooperation and failure to address harmful content there.
It said it had reached out to Meta to remove “a significant volume of undesirable content” relating to race, royalty, and religion (3R), defamation, impersonation, online gambling, and scam advertisements that it said has plagued Facebook recently, but to no avail.
“Despite repeated requests from MCMC, Meta has failed to take sufficient action to address the issue of undesirable content on its platform and has not fully cooperated with efforts to remove such content.
“Meta’s response, which has been sluggish and unsatisfactory, has not met the urgency of the matter and has led to increasing public concern and scrutiny,” it said in a statement.
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Friday, 23 Jun 2023 9:52 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said today it would take legal action against Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, for its non-cooperation and failure to address harmful content there.
It said it had reached out to Meta to remove “a significant volume of undesirable content” relating to race, royalty, and religion (3R), defamation, impersonation, online gambling, and scam advertisements that it said has plagued Facebook recently, but to no avail.
“Despite repeated requests from MCMC, Meta has failed to take sufficient action to address the issue of undesirable content on its platform and has not fully cooperated with efforts to remove such content.
“Meta’s response, which has been sluggish and unsatisfactory, has not met the urgency of the matter and has led to increasing public concern and scrutiny,” it said in a statement.
MORE TO COME
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