MCMC: ‘Digital Monitoring For All Smartphone Users’ is fake news

By SHARMILA NAIR

Anyone who receives the message is encouraged to not share the content, and are advised to report to MCMC.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) warns Malaysians to not share a message titled “Digital Monitoring For All Smartphone Users” that’s going viral on WhatsApp.

MCMC on its website states that it is fake news, and that the statement in the message was not released by the regulatory body.

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