Friday 29 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 12): Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today the force would focus on threats from social media this year.

Khalid said apart from that, police would continue to strive towards upholding public safety, reduce crime and strengthening their institution.

“So, for 2016 and beyond, we want to shift our focus a little bit ... the focus will still be on crime… but this time, we will add social media threat to the list, since we are seeing that many have gone overboard.

“Studies have shown that there are 14 million Facebook users in the country and Malaysia has been considered one of the worst when it comes to making comments online,” he said, at a press conference in Bukit Aman today.

He said there was a need for such monitoring because uncontrolled comments and threats made on the social media could cause public unrest.

“The way a person handles social media shows a lot with regard to the level of his or her maturity.

“This is the reason we are focusing on beefing up our efforts since social media threats are going overboard.”

He added that police would also monitor messaging platforms, such as WhatsApp, which was widely used by Malaysians to communicate and spread messages.

Khalid said police would be working closely with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to monitor and enforce the matter.

 

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