Nearly 1,500 Contents Related To 3R On Social Media Removed From Jan-march

KULAI (Johor, Malaysia), April 7 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), in collaboration with social media platforms, removed 1,454 contents touching on issues of race, religion and  royalty (3R) between January and March this year.

Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said of the total, hate speech related to religion was the highest at 727, followed by racial issues (588) and the royal institution (139).

"Last year, MCMC removed a total of 1,633 3R-related contents, and in just the first three months of this year, a total of 1,454 3R contents have been taken down, which is very concerning," she told reporters, here, Sunday.

She said the breakdown statistics showed that the highest number of 3R-related contents were detected through Facebook with 731, followed by TikTok (705); X (formerly Twitter) (nine); YouTube (five) and Telegram (four).

-- BERNAMA