Social media licensing: Grab distances from AIC open letter

Grab Malaysia has distanced itself from a technology industry group’s open letter expressing concerns about Malaysia’s plans to require social media and online messaging platforms to have a licence to operate in the country.

At the same time, the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) has issued a new version of its open letter with “applicable representation”. This shrinks the number of companies represented in the letter from 17 to six.

In a statement, Grab Malaysia said...