Category: Platforms
Bangkok, Thailand – The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) has partnered with Hong Kong e-commerce platform HKTVmall to help Thai products gain better access to the Hong Kong market. The agreement builds on growing e-commerce trends such as influencer marketing and live commerce. The...
Japan – Sony Corporation and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a joint venture in which TCL will take over Sony’s home entertainment business. Under the joint venture, TCL will hold a 51% stake, while Sony retains 49%. The company will operate...
Bangkok, Thailand – Short-form video platform TikTok said it will bar election candidates from monetising their content during the campaign period ahead of Thailand’s 8 February general election. The platform, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, said political content would be ineligible for paid promotion,...
Japan – Netflix has announced a strategic partnership with acclaimed animation studio MAPPA Co., Ltd. (MAPPA) to co-develop a slate of original anime titles that will premiere exclusively on Netflix worldwide. The collaboration will see the two companies working together on projects with a global focus,...
Manila, Philippines — Following several non-compliances with content regulation, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has ordered the takedown of X’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok. According to the January 16 announcement, the chatbot failed to regulate content,...
Hong Kong – The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) in Hong Kong has warned the public to exercise caution when sharing personal data with AI chatbots, following concerns that the AI chatbot Grok could be misused to generate indecent or malicious content. In an official statement,...
MCMC said it issued notices to X Corp. and xAI LLC on 3 and 8 January 2026, requiring the removal of the offending content. The regulator stated that no remedial action has been taken to date.
Additionally, image creation and the ability to edit images via the Grok account on the X platform will be now limited to paid subscribers.
They become the latest country in Southeast Asia to restrict X’s Grok AI tool following Indonesia.
Indonesia – The Indonesian government has warned it may ban X (formerly Twitter) and its AI chatbot Grok following a surge in reports of inappropriate and non-consensual deepfake content generated through the platform. According to Jakarta Globe, the Ministry of Communications is urging technology companies...
