SKMM siasat akaun palsu hina Agong, Yang Dipertuan Besar

Communications and Multimedia Minister Fahmi Fadzil revealed that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) is investigating several instances of planned inauthentic behavior (CIB) targeting Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim and Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz. Initial findings show that over 2,000 AI-generated or extremely dubious content and 600 fake accounts have been identified as tarnishing Sultan Ibrahim's image.

Most of the false accounts allegedly targeting the Agong are believed to be originating from outside the country, and the investigation is ongoing. If specific individuals are positively identified, Fahmi said, efforts will be made to bring them to court. For the accounts targeting Tuanku Muhriz, the minister noted that a number of them were likely created around a month ago and used to incite anti-regime discussions.

Some accounts have few or no followers, raising suspicions that they were created for specific purposes. The government is also exploring stricter verification mechanisms, including the eKYC process and age verification, to combat cyberbullying on instant messaging platforms like WhatsApp. Despite WhatsApp's minimum age requirement of 16 years for account creation, Fahmi acknowledged that the platform still poses challenges to user safety, particularly among school students who communicate within the app.

According to the 2025 Telecommunications Safety Act, the communications model used by WhatsApp is not yet applicable, he stated. Fahmi called for the SKMM to thoroughly investigate the matter and liaise with Meta, the company behind WhatsApp, as they introduced the platform and it requires a minimum age setting.