Elon Musk’s X, Google yet to apply for Malaysia’s new social media licence


X said the number of its users in Malaysia did not meet the eight million threshold required to obtain a license, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which is working to verify the platform’s claim. — AFP

Elon Musk’s X and Alphabet Inc’s Google, which operates video streaming platform YouTube, have not applied for a social media operating license under Malaysia’s new law which kicked in on Jan 1, according to the country’s Internet regulator.

X said the number of its users in Malaysia did not meet the eight million threshold required to obtain a license, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which is working to verify the platform’s claim.

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