{
  "id": 16164920,
  "title": "BDS Malaysia backs civil service Waze ban, urges public boycott of navigation app",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/bds-malaysia-backs-civil-service-waze-ban-urges-public-boycott-of",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-23T08:29:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/23/bds-malaysia-backs-civil-service-waze-ban-urges-public-boycott-of-navigation-app/240325"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — BDS Malaysia has welcomed the government's decision to prohibit civil servants from utilizing the Waze navigation app and has called on the public to boycott the service. The organization voiced its support, stating that the use of Waze, an Israeli-based company, could pose a threat to Malaysia's national security and sovereignty, and potentially aid the Zionist apartheid regime. BDS Malaysia, a participant in the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, expressed the importance of addressing national security concerns consistently. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had ordered civil servants to stop using Waze on Wednesday due to apprehensions that sensitive government data and personal information could be exploited by Israel.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — BDS Malaysia has welcomed the government’s directive banning civil servants from usin...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Waze rejects data security allegations after Malaysia bans civil servants from using app",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/waze-rejects-data-security-allegations-after-malaysia-bans-civil",
        "published": "2026-10-22T08:59:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}