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Malaysia to take legal action against Meta for harmful content

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia on Friday said it will take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms for failing to remove “undesirable” content on the social media platform.

Facebook has recently seen a significant volume of undesirable content relating to race, royalty, religion, defamation, impersonation, online gambling and scam advertisements, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement.

(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibilty for its content.

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