'New media often abused, pitting citizens against each other'

comments     Shakira Buang     Published     Updated

Senate president Abu Zahar Ujang claimed that new media such as blogs, videos, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and online news portals today are often abused, leading to disunity in society.

Abu Zahar said that the misuse of new media occurs when there is a tendency to spread inaccurate news which pits citizens against each other and threaten the unity among Malaysians.

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