KUALA LUMPUR: TikTok Malaysia clarified on Wednesday (Mar 1) that political advertisements are banned on the popular video-sharing platform. In a statement, TikTok Malaysia’s head of public p
KUALA LUMPUR: TikTok Malaysia clarified on Wednesday that political advertisements are banned on the popular video-sharing platform.
“However, we do not allow political ads on the platform, which is further strengthened through the changes in the policies for government, politician and political party accounts that was made last year.” Malaysian Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil reportedly said at the sidelines of an event on Tuesday that he has been in touch with TikTok regarding the allegations in the video.
"We'll need to do some due diligence and also we don't want people to think they've been oppressed and spreading this misinformation is wrong too," he was quoted as saying by MalayMail. “We have a robust quality assurance system in place to ensure that the political or personal opinions of our employees do not affect their work quality and ethics, including when performing content moderation tasks.
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