Malaysians may pay US$11,700 for license to upload videos on TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook

If you've been considering creating a YouTube channel to talk about your favorite movies and games or setting up a Facebook page for your cooking videos, great!

If you're Malaysian, you might want to think twice.

Apparently, there's an absurd law that requires you to obtain a license from Malaysia's National Film Development Corporation (Finas) to upload any video content online.

“Film producers must apply for Film Production License and Film Shooting Certificate (SPP) regardless of whether they are mainstream media agencies or personal media which produce films on social media platforms or traditional channels,” Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on July 23, 2020.

https://sea.mashable.com/culture/11654/malaysians-must-pay-us11700-for-license-to-upload-videos-on-tiktok-youtube-and-facebook

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Malaysian minister says ‘no intention’ to restrict social media use with film licensing

After drawing backlash for announcing that any video content would require a filming license to produce, Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah appears to retract his position.

He wrote online yesterday that he was simply reiterating existing laws even though the outdated National Film Development Corp law, which was passed in 1981, does not cover licensing for social media content or documentaries but only drama, telemovie, and advertisements.

He further contradicted himself by saying that the ministry had no intention to restrict the freedom of social media use with the film licensing rule.

https://coconuts.co/kl/news/malaysian-minister-says-no-intention-to-restrict-social-media-use-with-film-licensing/

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Malaysians violating quarantine better watch out. People can now report you through WhatsApp.

If there's one thing that the coronavirus has taught us, it's that social distancing and self-isolation is important, especially when returning home from abroad.

While many countries across the world have employed their own practices in keeping track of returning citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic, they also rely heavily on the good faith of returnees to self-quarantine.
In Malaysia for instance, returning citizens are required to wear a pink wrist band that states their port of entry, as well as their date of arrival.

They have to keep this pink wrist band on for a 14-day period as part of mandatory self-quarantine measures.

While they have the wrist bands on, they also have to wait for their COVID-19 test results to come out.

Sadly, the thing is, not everybody cares about the fight against COVID-19. Some are willing to risk infecting dozens, if not hundreds because they're too impatient to wait out their 14-day self-quarantine.

https://sea.mashable.com/tech/11633/malaysians-violating-quarantine-better-watch-out-people-can-now-report-you-through-whatsapp

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Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize computers

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police raided the office of news broadcaster Al Jazeera and two local TV stations on Tuesday, seizing computers as part of an investigation into a documentary on undocumented migrants that enraged the government.

Al Jazeera, a Qatari-state owned broadcaster, said in a statement that police seized two computers during the raid, which it called a “troubling escalation” in a government crackdown on media freedom. It urged Malaysian authorities to cease the criminal investigation.

https://apnews.com/3570249a3f55b187acae87fb830362bb

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Malaysian Navy Documents Uploaded on the Dark Web by Hackers

Documents belonging to the Royal Malaysian Navy have been breached and posted on the dark web although the Malaysian military has dismissed the data as obsolete

When we speak about the numerous cyberattacks that have been orchestrated in brazen campaigns of late, one thing stands out – threat actors breach an organization’s system to access critical files through a loophole, which then exposes the entire system to the attackers.

Although recent times have seen the hacking of victims such as Garmin who ended up parting with millions of dollars for ransom, it appears that threat actors have not restricted their sights to private sector entities – the Royal Malaysian Navy is the latest victim.

Media reports have intimated that about 70 documents belonging to Malaysian Navy were accessed by unknown hackers who uploaded them to a darknet platform.

According to Singapore’s English-language daily newspaper The Straits Times, it turns out that the affected documents were sourced from different threat actors who breached the communication channels belonging to the Malaysian military – including personnel email accounts.

While the newspaper reported the uncertainty to whether the hackers intended to sell the uploaded documents, it was revealed that the affected information touched on details concerning the strength of the Malaysian Navy.

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#Malaysia arrests #Mossad spy network and frees a Palestinian they hijacked

On Monday, media outlets revealed that the Malaysian authorities had dismantled a spy network affiliated with the Israeli Mossad, consisting of 11 Malaysians.—

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221018-malaysia-arrests-mossad-spy-network-and-frees-a-palestinian/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/malaysia-shows-suspected-local-mossad-agents-behind-alleged-kidnapping-of-hamas-man/