Meta won’t join Malaysia’s social media licensing framework, proposes talks

Meta, the tech firm behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has said it will refuse to sign onto Malaysia’s social media licensing framework despite criticisms that its platforms carry content damaging to children and young people and wants to hold talks with the government on the matter. Malaysia imposed the framework for all social media and online messaging platforms in January that have at least 8 million local users each to curtail surging scam cases, online gambling and the spread of...