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Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-01-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Simon Sharwood

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Asia in Brief covers regional developments: Malaysia and Indonesia blocked X over non-consensual sexual deepfakes, with India reportedly warning the platform; Cambodia arrested and extradited alleged operators linked to forced-labor cyber-scam camps; Vietnam required video ads to be closable after five seconds to curb illegal and scam content; and broader tech/business updates include Baidu spinning off its Kunlunxin AI chip unit, Naver completing a 4,000 Nvidia B200 GPU cluster, and Panasonic outlining a data/AI-driven efficiency strategy.

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