Gobind: Govt to determine mechanism to confirm owners of social media accounts


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 04 Nov 2018

Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo (second, right) handing out goodie bags containing basic necessities at the closing ceremony of Fiesta Deepavali 2018 at Little India Brickfields on Sunday (Nov 4) night. - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The government is in the process of determining the most appropriate method of identifying valid owners of social media accounts in the country, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo.

He said the mechanism was crucial to ensure that the social media accounts owned by the ministry and government agencies were valid and were not abused.

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