Over 1,500 offensive social media posts taken down since 2022, says Teo

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in collaboration with social media platform providers, have taken down a total of 1,565 posts that violate set community standards from 2022 until April 2023.

Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching said since the establishment of a special task force to deal with fake news and the 3Rs (race, religion and royalty) on Dec 1, a total of 195 sensitive or provocative posts were detected and 80% of them have been taken down.