CYBERJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and social media platform X will hold a meeting on Wednesday (Jan 21) to discuss online safety issues, says Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said this includes the Grok artificial intelligence (AI) application, as well as concerns about its potential misuse, particularly in generating pornographic and explicit...
PETALING JAYA: There is a surge of public outrage and solidarity in the case of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir's death in Sabah. Hashtags #JusticeforZara and #JusticeforZaraQairina are dominating social media platforms X and TikTok, with more than 114,000 posts, and the number continues to grow. The movement stems from the death of the 13-year-old Zara...
CYBERJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on Thursday recorded the statement of a customer service officer believed to have uploaded highly offensive content that touched on racial sensitivities on X. MCMC said the statement was recorded at the Brickfields District Police Headquarters. "A smartphone and SIM card belonging to the man has been seized for...
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Health Department has established an independent committee to investigate allegations of negligence by staff in the maternity ward at Dungun Hospital, which purportedly led to the death of a newborn. The department's director, Datuk Dr Kasemani Embong, stated that the investigation was initiated following a viral post on X by the account...
PETALING JAYA: A jilted wife or guerrilla marketing? A billboard in Taman Tun Dr Ismail has gotten tongues wagging on social media. The photo of the billboard which went viral on X, shows a message by a woman who accused her husband of having an affair. The woman goes on to call her so-called unfaithful partner a...
