Malaysian News

408 readers

2 users here now

Welcome to News

For non-political news and discussion about Malaysia.

Here are some basic rules:

Posts: Submission must be explicitly about Malaysia
Posts: Submissions must be published within the last two weeks
Posts: Links from reputable news media only
Posts: Titles must be the exact headline from the article.
Comments: No incivility or personal attacks toward users
Comments: No flaming, baiting, or trolling
Comments: No witch hunts or personal information

Visit our sister communities

Berita - Malay news
华语新闻 - Mandarin news

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

dcx@monyet.cc

imaginelizard@monyet.cc

MonyetAdmin@monyet.cc

Fahmi: There’s evidence of TikTok systematically removing Malaysian content related to Palestine-Isreal conflict (www.malaymail.com)

submitted 1 year ago by katat_in_parliament@monyet.cc to c/news@monyet.cc

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] dukeGR4@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and what is the big deal? There is no law forbidding them from doing so afaik.

[–] munkkey@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“For example, there was content on Prime Minister’s speech and several pictures from Gaza... and TikTok in their feedback said there were violent images. When I looked at the content, the pictures were of a father carrying his lifeless child shrouded in cloth. No blood, nothing gory.

Those kind of images are still distressing to have them appear on other users' screen, and can be categorised as violent since death is implied. We see how is TikTok's response after seeking further explanation.

[–] dukeGR4@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think it matters what's the reason behind Tiktok's decision to remove content on their own platform. they should be able to do whatever they want within the confines of the law.

“If they want to play around with us, we will take a very, very firm stand.

“We don’t want our right to freedom of expression, especially in issues relating to Palestine, to be restricted by irresponsible parties for certain reasons,” he said.

I just wanna see if TikTok allow Pro-israel stuff what would happen. Is it still going to be a question about Freedom of Expression lol.