Malaysia's communications regulator has formally demanded an explanation from TikTok regarding a fake account's use of AI to generate insulting content about the king. The regulator cited TikTok's failure to act swiftly against the defamatory material.

Malaysia’s internet regulator has issued a statutory demand to TikTok on Thursday after a fake account allegedly used artificial intelligence to insult the country’s king, including posts falsely claiming he ate pork and manipulated images pairing his face with animal bodies. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement that TikTok had failed to take “sufficient and timely action” against offensive and defamatory content targeting the country’s royal...