Malaysia Discusses Blocked Pro-Palestinian Content with Tiktok-Meta

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JAKARTA - Malaysian Minister of Communications and Digital, Fahmi Fadzil, has held a meeting with representatives of TikTok and Meta regarding blocking content related to the Palestinian issue.

Through his social media account, Fahmi Fadzil asked the two platforms to take immediate action on a number of problems, including online gambling, as well as content related to Palestine which they had previously blocked.

According to Fahmi, TikTok and Meta have committed to closer cooperation to resolve this problem.

He said he had asked the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to issue a strong warning to TikTok and Meta regarding blocking pro-Palestinian content.

"If this problem is left unchecked, I will not hesitate to take a very firm approach and attitude," said Fahmi.