Malaysia issues statutory demand to Tiktok over failure to moderate 'offensive' content on royals


Reuters | Updated: 21-05-2026 12:24 IST | Created: 21-05-2026 12:24 IST
Malaysia issues statutory demand to Tiktok over failure to moderate 'offensive' content on royals

​Malaysia's communications regulator ‌said on ​Thursday it has issued ‌a statutory demand to TikTok alleging it had failed to ‌take sufficient and timely action ‌in moderating offensive and defamatory content on the country's royal ⁠institution.

The ​action ⁠arose from the circulation of ⁠content associated with an account ​purporting to be linked to ⁠Malaysia's king Sultan Ibrahim, which ⁠included ​material that was "grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting ⁠in nature", the Malaysian Communications and ⁠Multimedia ⁠Commission said in a statement.

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