MALAYSIA: Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Most Compliant with Malaysian Laws, X the Worst Offender: Fahmi

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MalayMail-July 24

Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil said today that Facebook leads other social media platforms when it comes to complying with Malaysian laws, along with other platforms under Meta such as Instagram and WhatsApp. However, he also singled out Facebook as a platform where online scams run rife, while others providers were slow to take action on cyber crimes happening on their platforms “This is why from yesterday the MCMC issued a letter of instruction to social media platforms to get feedback regarding the issues.” he told the press in a post-Cabinet meeting press conference at his ministry here. “The biggest problem with Facebook is how this platform continues to be misused by a number of criminals to steal our savings through scams,” he added. The laws that they are disobeying vary from Personal Data Protection Act (Act 709) to Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Illegal Activities Act (AMLATFPUAA) 2001 to Communications and Multimedia Act (Act 588). Meanwhile, he said the nature of harmful contents by each social media platform ranged from online gambling, scams, cyberbullying, harmful Artificial Intelligence, 3R issues, child pornography and piracy. Fahmi said he will meet a number of social media platform representatives in Singapore next week. Meanwhile, Fahmi declared war on cyber crimes, saying that Malaysian authorities will now take immediate action to strengthen the aspects of investigation and prosecution for online crimes. “It has been informed to the Cabinet that among the three things that most plague the aspect of cyber crime are scams, cyber bullying and also sexual crimes against children, especially paedophilia. The three security threats to the people cannot continue,” he said. Based on this rising issue, Fahmi said the Cabinet today decided that the police, the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC), and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will take further action. Read more at: tps://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/07/24/fahmi-metas-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-most-compliant-with-malaysian-laws-x-the-worst-offender/144858

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

MALAYSIA: Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Most Compliant with Malaysian Laws, X the Worst Offender: Fahmi

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