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Malaysia Bans Civil Servants From Using Google's Waze Over Israel Ties

The government cites security concerns regarding the app's ties to Israel.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 21 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 21 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Technology published first, on 21 October at 07:01 UTC; Asia - South China Morning Post followed 52 min later. The most recent article, from Asia - South China Morning Post, appeared on 21 October at 07:53 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), Asia - South China Morning Post.

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  1. Malaysia Bans Civil Service Use of Google’s Israel-based Waze Bloomberg Technology ·
  2. Malaysia bars civil servants from using Waze, citing Israel’s control of app Asia - South China Morning Post

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  • Malaysia
  • Google
  • Waze
  • Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar
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