Musk’s X, Google yet to apply for Malaysia’s new social media licence

Elon Musk’s X and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, which operates video streaming platform YouTube, have not applied for a social media operating licence under Malaysia’s new law which kicked in on Wednesday, according to the country’s internet regulator.

X said the number of its users in Malaysia did not meet the eight million threshold required to obtain a licence, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which is working to verify the platform’s claim.