Malaysia demands TikTok explain failure to block fake account using AI to insult king

Malaysia’s internet regulator 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 institution.The account, which purported to be linked to King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, carried material that was “grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting in nature”, including AI-generated videos and manipulated images, the MCMC said.