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PETALING JAYA: Every day, an average of about 850 TikTok videos in Malaysia are taken down because they have elements of harassment and bullying.
Cyberbullying was recently tossed into the spotlight after the death of social media influencer A. Rajeswary, better known as Esha.Under its safety and civility policy, TikTok's community guidelines does not allow harassment or bullying. Clinical psychologist Sanghamitra Gupta said taking down videos that seek to harass and bully others was a start, but many other cases still go under the radar.On the average of 850 videos on bullying being taken down in a day, she said such videos were flagged or reported as harassment, underwent review, and were finally taken down.Clinical psychologist Sanghamitra Gupta
Following Rajeswary's case, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said announced that the government was considering amending the Penal Code to introduce specific provisions for the offence of cyberbullying. From 149,802 in January to March 2021, the volume of videos nearly tripled to 448,313 in the same period this year.
On Facebook, some 7.9 million pieces of content were found to have breached its standards in the first three months of this year – up from 6.9 million last year. Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychology president Joel Low said better authentication would help prevent online bullies from signing up for new accounts to harass others.“In the past, Facebook did not have infinite feeds, meaning that at some point you would reach the end of the posts you were viewing and you had to opt in for more.“Such breakers were a great way to remind you that you were doomscrolling and break you away from social media,” he said.
Dr Mohanraj said the time has come for the government to demand platforms be transparent about their content moderation policies and algorithmic changes.He also suggested that the MCMC, as a regulatory body, develop ethical standards for social media usage.
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