Meta apologises for removal of PM Anwar's posts on Haniyeh

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Meta Platforms apologised on Tuesday (Aug 6) for the removal of content from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's Facebook and Instagram accounts related to the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh last week.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2ufpnn36  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Meta platforms apologised on Tuesday for the removal of content from Prime Minister Datuk

00:06Seri Anwar Ibrahim's Facebook and Instagram accounts related to the assassination of Hamas

00:12political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh last week.

00:16Malaysia had asked Meta for an explanation after the posts expressing condolences over

00:20Haniyeh's death were removed.

00:22In an emailed response to questions, a Meta spokesman told Reuters that the Facebook and

00:27Instagram parent apologised for an operational error and the content has since been restored

00:33with the correct newsworthy label.

00:36Communications Minister Fahmy Fadzil and members of the Prime Minister's Office had met Meta

00:41representatives on Monday to seek an explanation.

00:45In a statement on Monday, the PMO said Meta's actions were viewed as discriminatory, unjust

00:51and a blatant suppression of free expression.

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