Meta Apologizes for Removing Malaysia PM's Posts on Hamas Leader

The tech giant cites an operational error for the takedown, restoring content with a newsworthy label after backlash from Malaysian officials.

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.