On Tuesday, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced that he had signed a regulation requiring digital platforms to pay media outlets that provide them with content. In announcing the President’s Decree on Publisher’s Rights, the Indonesian leader said that the rules were designed to “ensure a fair cooperation between media and digital platforms.” “The government … Read more
Advertisement Malaysia’s communications regulator will issue a warning to social media firms TikTok and Meta for allegedly blocking pro-Palestinian content on their platforms, the country’s communications minister said yesterday. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that social media platforms were restricting pro-Palestinian content, and that many parties within Malaysia … Read more
Advertisement Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has rejected a recommendation from its Oversight Board to suspend the account of former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for breaching its policy on incitement. In June, the Oversight Board, a panel of independent experts, called for the Cambodian leader’s busy account to be suspended for six months … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Under rules proposed by the Ministry of Information, ISPs and telecoms operators will be obliged to cut off users and organizations that “commit violations online.” Advertisement Vietnam’s government has proposed cutting off the internet access of those who violate the country’s various cybersecurity laws, the latest in a long string of attempts … Read more
Advertisement Cambodia’s government has declared 22 members of Meta’s Oversight Board personae non gratae, after the social media platform suspended the Facebook account of Prime Minister Hun Sen over breaches of its policy on violence and incitement. In a decision released last week, the Oversight Board, a panel of independent experts contracted by the U.S. … Read more
Advertisement Vietnam’s government has requested social media platforms to use artificial intelligence models in order to automate the detection and removal of politically sensitive online content, its latest attempt to control what information flows through the country’s digital networks. The request, which was reported by Reuters (via state media) on Friday, requires platforms like Facebook, … Read more
Advertisement An oversight board at Facebook’s parent company Meta has recommended that the social media platform suspend accounts belonging to Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, over a livestreamed speech in which he threatened his opponents with violence. The speech in question took place at a road construction ceremony in January, when the 70-year-old Cambodian leader … Read more
Advertisement Malaysia’s government has taken legal action against Facebook’s parent company Meta for failing to remove what it claims is inflammatory or inappropriate content on the social media platform, including posts that threaten racial and religious harmony. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement on Friday that Malaysian Facebook has recently … Read more