Overview

• Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's posts paid tribute to assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
• Meta faced criticism from Malaysia for what was called discriminatory content moderation.
• The removal of posts led to a meeting between Meta representatives and Malaysian government officials.
• Meta restored the posts and issued a public apology, attributing the removal to an operational error.
• Malaysia is considering developing its own social media platform in response to the incident.