A couple of days ago, we covered a news where Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman criticised the government of censoring critical content on social media.
But, Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching denied allegations that the government instructs social media platforms to do so.
Today, Syed Saddiq posted on X with “proof” that the government does in fact request social media platforms to remove content.
In the video, Syed Saddiq said that Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) requested the removal of a Facebook post by Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz regarding the pensioners’ right to get treatments at Institut Jantung Negara (IJN).
When he clicked the post link, it says “Post not available in Malaysia. This is because we (Facebook) complied with a legal request from MCMC to restrict this content.”
The post is not completely gone, but you need a VPN to view it, so only people not living in Malaysia can see it.
The Tan Sri also posted her complained on Facebook about the removal of her post by MCMC.
