Hanoi, Sept. 6 -- Malaysia has urged the video-sharing platform TikTok to implement age verification for users after summoning the company's top management to demand faster action to curb harmful content.
Malaysian Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said he was "very dissatisfied" with TikTok's efforts to curb harmful content on its platform, but that it would be allowed to work with authorities to resolve the issue.
TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fahmi said authorities will also summon representatives of X and Meta flatforms, the parent company of social media and messaging platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, for similar discussions.
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