Malaysia orders TikTok to address ‘defamatory’ content about king
Key takeaways
- Watchdog instructs social media giant to strengthen moderation following circulation of ‘grossly offensive’ content.
- The regulator said it takes a “serious view” of online platforms being used to disseminate content that is false or “detrimental to public order”, particularly as it relates to the monarchy.
- It added that it issued the order after finding TikTok’s response to previous notifications to be “unsatisfactory”.
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Watchdog instructs social media giant to strengthen moderation following circulation of ‘grossly offensive’ content.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Malaysia’s internet watchdog has ordered Tik Tok to act against content targeting the country’s monarchy [File: Sean Gallup/Getty Images]By John Power Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026Malaysia’s internet watchdog has ordered Tik Tok to take action against “offensive and defamatory” content about the country’s monarchy.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said on Thursday that it had instructed the video-sharing platform to take “immediate remedial measures” in response to an account purporting to be linked to King Sultan Ibrahim.