PETALING JAYA: Administrators of WhatsApp groups may face legal action for failing to stop the spread of false information but investigations are based on complaints, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). “Therefore, members of the public, whether they are group administrators or members, should be careful when spreading information so that it does not become a case of spreading false information,” the commission said in a statement on its Facebook page on Friday. The MCMC said that the spreading of false information is an offence under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA). It stressed that any investigation it conducts will not differentiate between group administrators and members. “If the group administrator or any member is found to have spread false information, then legal action can be taken against them,” it said.

Source: The Star April 28, 2017 12:00 UTC