Malaysia: Seeking to Curb Social Media

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Malaysia will ask three social media and Internet companies to curb content in the interest of public safety, Communications Minister Salleh Said Keruak said Monday. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission plans to meet with representatives of Facebook, Google and Twitter “soon to seek their cooperation to stem the increasing tide of false information and rumors,” he wrote on his blog. The request is the latest attempt by Malaysia’s government to quell dissent amid allegations of graft at a state investment fund that has put intense scrutiny on Prime Minister Najib Razak.