Malaysia on Friday threatened to take legal action against Meta, accusing the tech giant of not removing “unwanted” content from Facebook. The country’s communications regulator said the platform suffers from a “significant amount” of harmful posts about race, royalty, religion and online gambling.

He said Meta did not purge such content despite repeated requests, raising the possibility of legal action against the US firm.

Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement, “As the meta has not ensured adequate cooperation, the commission has no choice but to take decisive action or take legal action.”

The organization did not specify the exact legal route it could use. Communications Minister Fahmi Fazil could not be reached for comment on Friday, but repeated the regulator’s statement on Twitter.

“This is due to Meta’s refusal to cooperate in removing malicious content,” Fahmy said. Said.

AFP was unable to immediately contact Meta. The warning comes days after Malaysian authorities met with representatives of messaging platform Telegram as part of efforts to combat cybercrime.

Last month, Fahmy said the company refused to cooperate on this issue. But after Monday’s meeting, the minister said that Telegram had agreed to cooperate with the government.

In predominantly Muslim Malaysia, race, religion and royalty are often viewed as taboo topics, and severe penalties are sometimes imposed on people who post content that is deemed objectionable online.