Cyberbullying: Govt to take action against social media platforms, says Fahmi

The Star

After the launch of the National Month and Fly the Jalur Gemilang 2024 campaign on Sunday, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil told reporters that the government will take action against several social media platforms over past incidents of cyberbullying as the government is not satisfied with how the platforms had addressed the issue.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00What do you think about cyberbullying?

00:08We have decided, every day,

00:10there are at least 4 ministries,

00:12Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Digital,

00:14Ministry of Home Affairs and

00:16Ministry of Justice,

00:18especially the Minister of

00:20Law and Reformation,

00:22Dr Sri Azalina,

00:24we will work together to investigate

00:263-4 things,

00:28one is related to the existing laws,

00:30including the need to

00:32amend the new laws,

00:34second, in terms of the implementation of

00:36those laws, in terms of

00:38enforcement, we see

00:40with technology,

00:42today, there is

00:44artificial intelligence, AI,

00:46as well as various social media platforms,

00:48maybe the technical aspect,

00:50we need to help

00:52the investigation,

00:54and next to the application aspect,

00:56framing the charges,

00:58so here, I see

01:00there are several things,

01:02for example, in the case

01:04where Mendiang,

01:06Rajeswari, the daughter of Apahu,

01:08who committed suicide

01:10as a result of being trusted

01:12by Siri, cyberbullying,

01:14from the TikTok Live session,

01:16he may not only

01:18from what was said

01:20by the host

01:22to the TikTok Live session,

01:24but also the comments

01:26that were included

01:28in the live session, I think

01:30we have all seen the TikTok Live session,

01:32and sometimes the comments

01:34in the TikTok Live session

01:36are too much,

01:38and as if

01:40they are aimed at

01:42allowing other viewers

01:44to lose

01:46the sense of etiquette

01:48and maybe a little bit

01:50of heritage, and they also

01:52mock Hamon, so this is

01:54what was said, not only by those who did it,

01:56but also by those who allowed

01:58harassment, and

02:00invited other people to mock Hamon,

02:02I see this cyberbullying issue

02:04has gone too far,

02:06even though I have said in the parliament

02:08that TikTok is ready to

02:10provide

02:12help or

02:14cooperation, but it

02:16is far from enough,

02:18at this time, we see that it is not enough,

02:20it is not enough.

02:22The initial information that I received

02:24from TikTok, there is a lot of

02:26use of technology

02:28that should not be called

02:30Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior

02:32that uses troll farms

02:34to mock Hamon,

02:36to gossip,

02:38and as long as these troll farms

02:40can spread,

02:42as long as it can create

02:44an unstable situation

02:46that can cause

02:48death,

02:50I think

02:52we have to take a very

02:54strong action

02:56towards

02:58at least two or three

03:00platforms, so

03:02in the near future,

03:04we will take action,

03:06and the basis is

03:08cyberbullying

03:10that is happening,

03:12scams

03:14that are spreading,

03:16advertising sales

03:18or gambling ads in the media

03:20that have no end.

03:22I don't see these platforms

03:24as being serious enough

03:26to deal with the problems that we

03:28Malaysians are facing.

03:30I don't think they particularly care.

03:32So, I have had enough.

03:34We will send a very

03:36strong and clear message

03:38to these platforms.

03:40Wait and see.

03:46Thank you.

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