'Social media owners to be held responsible in new cyberbullying law'

Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo has proposed that a new law placing responsibility for misuse of social media, including cyberbullying, on social media platform owners, be introduced.

He said he, together with Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said brought up the cyberbullying issue, including the recent death of TikTok influencer A Rajeswari, better known as Esha, during Friday’s cabinet meeting.