Facebook boots Myanmar military-linked businesses off its platform
US social media giant Facebook said it will start removing and subsequently ban companies linked to Myanmar’s military from operating on its platform. The...
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sue Facebook for $150 billion
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Facebook’s parent organisation Meta Platforms for as much as $150 billion over allegations that the social media company...
Myanmar’s digital economy comes to a halt as junta blocks connections
The post-coup chaos in Myanmar has an increasingly adverse effect on the country’s nascent digital economy as...
Vietnam government warns it would shut down Facebook over political content
The Vietnamese government has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if the US social media...
Facebook, PayPal invest in Indonesia’s e-commerce group Gojek
US social media giant Facebook and online payment pioneer PayPal both have participated in a fundraising round...
Internet companies hit by Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law
A law requiring Internet companies in Vietnam to remove content the country’s authorities deem to be against the state came into effect January 1,...
Data mining of 1.18 million Filipino Facebook users under scrutiny
The National Privacy Commission of the Philippines is investigating an alleged data breach involving UK data mining firm Cambridge Analytica which is suspected of...
Facebook defensive after Myanmar civil groups blast CEO Zuckerberg
Facebook apologised on April 6 to Myanmar civil society groups who took issue with the social media network’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s defense of the...
Vietnam deploys cyber warfare troop of 10,000
Vietnam has unveiled a new, 10,000-strong military cyber warfare unit to counter “wrong” views on the Internet, media reported, amid a widening crackdown on...
Indonesia suspects local Google branch of tricking the taxman
Indonesia's tax office said it will investigate Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Internet giant Google, for suspected unpaid taxes of at least $400...
Indonesia to Google, Twitter, Facebook: Pay taxes or get blocked
Global Internet giants could have their services blocked or at least their bandwidth reduced in Indonesia if they do not obtain "permanent establishment" status...
Ooredoo sells 1 million SIM cards in Myanmar, but users complain
Ooredoo Myanmar has sold more than 1 million SIM cards since the soft launch of its service here early in August, though technicians at...
Tech start-ups in Gaza get support
Start-ups in Gaza now have the opportunity to get funding for their business ideas. Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG) is the strip’s first and only...
Are today’s digital business valuations realistic?
The recent acquisition of WhatsApp at $19 billion has got valuations of digital companies into the conversation topics of most corporate folks. Most recently,...
Facebook’s growth strategy for Asia-Pacific
Facebook's goal this year in the Asia-Pacific region is to continue to focus on marketing growth in four key segments: brand, direct response, local...
Philippine Internet users to grow to 41 million
The number of Internet users in the Philippines is expected to grow this year to 41 million from 33 million in 2013, based on...
Facebook opens official presence in Vietnam
The social network Facebook has around 22 million users in Vietnam but no official presence in the country to deal with advertising partners directly....
Cross-dressers face jail in Malaysian state
Pahang, an Islamic state in Peninsular Malaysia and the third-largest in the country after Sarawak and Sabah, has decreed cross-dressing a criminal offense punishable...
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Singapore biotech startup considers stock listing to raise $300 million
Singapore-based biotechnology startup Mirxes, which focuses on preventive healthcare solutions for cancer and infectious diseases, is weighing an initial public offering (IPO) in the...
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Malaysia’s ex-premier Mahathir suggests that Singapore should be ‘returned’ to Malaysia
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammad in what can be interpreted as a nationalistic outburst said that Malaysia should claim that Singapore gets “returned”...