Dhaka, June 20 -- Malaysia said Thursday it had filed a civil suit against social network Telegram for allegedly disseminating content that could erode trust in public institutions and threaten social order.This is the first such legal action taken against a social media platform in the country, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), which filed the suit, said in a statement.Two local Telegram channels, "Edisi Siasat" and "Edisi Khas", were "found to have published content that violated provisions under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998", MCMC said.It accused Telegram of a "serious failure to address content that has repeatedly been reported to them, despite various negotiation efforts by MCMC".The commissio...
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