Malaysia's internet regulator, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), has ordered TikTok to take immediate action against content it describes as "offensive and defamatory" toward the country's monarchy, including AI-generated videos and manipulated images linked to an account purporting to represent King Sultan Ibrahim. The watchdog directed the platform to strengthen its content moderation policies and provide a formal explanation for failing to remove material it deemed "grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting," saying TikTok's responses to earlier notifications had been unsatisfactory. The move is significant because Malaysia, a constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia, enforces a sedition law that criminalises speech deemed to incite contempt for the royal family, and the MCMC has been increasingly assertive in regulating major digital platforms operating in the country.