COMMENT | Meta's conditional apology is censorship in disguise

COMMENT | There were many happy faces in the government agencies this week. All that was needed was a face-to-face meeting on Monday to correct what the government perceived as wrong.

Understandably, many political leaders, chief among them Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, were hot under the collar last week, criticising Meta for taking down a post from the prime minister’s account.

The post featured him in a photograph meeting the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in May.

The removal notification from Instagram stated that the post contained “symbols, praise, or support of people and organisations that we define as dangerous”.

In condemning the removal, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said: “This action clearly shows discrimination against the situation in Palestine and the country’s leaders”.

But on Monday, we had great news...