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Under the new rules, social media platforms are required to implement age-verification systems and prevent users under 16 from creating accounts. The regulations apply to platforms with at least eight million users in Malaysia, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will conduct a comprehensive inspection over TikTok's activities in Vietnam from May 5, given its continuous and regular violations, the ministry announced on May 5.

The nation ranked sixth on the list of the top 25 most viewed countries on popular social media platform TikTok with 107 million hits.

The video-sharing app TikTok is under investigation in the UK for how it handles the personal data of its young users, and whether it prioritises the safety of children on its social network.

Vietnam’s famous tourist spots and special tours run by members of the Vietnam Community Tourism Association (VCTC) will be popularised to both domestic and foreign customers through the short video app TikTok under a cooperation deal inked on May 28.

With 500 million users across 150 countries, the short-form video app is becoming a social media sensation.

It has been called “the Chinese lip-syncing app your kids love, but you’ve never heard of”, and now it has become a hit in the States.