{"id":9214,"date":"2021-04-21T17:28:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2021-04-21T17:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:28:49","slug":"no-one-forced-to-like-ministrys-leaders-socmed-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9214","title":{"rendered":"No one forced to \u2018like\u2019 ministry\u2019s leaders SocMed pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kuala Lumpur, 21 April &#8212; The communications and multimedia ministry has denied claims that its staff were instructed to \u201clike\u201d and \u201cfollow\u201d a number of social media pages belonging to leaders in the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo such directive was issued by the minister,\u201d the ministry said in a statement. The ministry added that it had always encouraged its personnel to \u201csupport efforts\u201d to publicize information via social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In social media posts that went viral recently, it was alleged that the staff had been told to engage with Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts belonging to Saifuddin, his deputy Zahidi Zainul Abidin and secretary-general Mohammad Mentek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-12.34.35.png\" alt=\"like\" class=\"wp-image-8608\" width=\"475\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-12.34.35.png 581w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-12.34.35-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-12.34.35-181x100.png 181w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-12.34.35-350x193.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These alleged orders to the staff caused an uproar online, with some questioning whether the ministry had the right to order its employees to \u201cfollow\u201d certain pages as a worker\u2019s social media accounts were his or her private property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the viral posts, division directors had been told to monitor their staff\u2019s social media accounts to ensure they had liked or were following the relevant pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also alleged that staff were told to open new accounts on popular social media apps if they did not already have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NMT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, 21 April &#8212; 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