Fahmi, IGP, AG to meet TikTok over delayed response to authorities

Fahmi, IGP, AG to meet TikTok over delayed response to authorities

The communications minister says the platform has been slow in providing police with the relevant information.

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Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said he had to call the TikTok CEO himself to reprimand the company for its slow response. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR :
Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil says he will meet TikTok’s top management on Thursday following concerns over the social media company’s allegedly tardy response in assisting the authorities in cases involving the spread of fake news.

The meeting, to be held at Bukit Aman, will also be attended by the inspector-general of police and the attorney-general, he said.

Speaking today, he cited a recent case in which a man had claimed to be a surgeon.

“TikTok was very slow in providing the police with the relevant information. I had to call the CEO of TikTok myself to inform them that this is a crime, and that their organisation was very slow.

“We can’t have such attitudes,” he told reporters after launching the Al Grand Prix Conference 2025.

Fahmi said Meta would also be summoned soon as authorities had detected serious issues involving its platforms, including paedophilic-related content.

He said such content was shared on platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook.

“But these platforms don’t seem to take such issues seriously.

“So this dialogue will continue, and we will emphasise that Malaysian law applies to them and they must comply. We will call in every platform.”

In June, Fahmi said that social media platforms Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube had removed 159,518 pieces of harmful content related to online gambling, scams, cyberbullying, and fake news.

About half of the content involved online gambling, 25% was related to scams, 12% to cyberbullying, and 9% to fake news.

Fahmi previously raised concerns about the continued presence of child exploitation content online, especially on Facebook.

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