{"id":"221a0f15-b840-4c8d-ad0d-7ffc39fb6fbd","url":"https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3371631/malaysia-bars-civil-servants-using-waze-citing-israels-control-app","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"Malaysia bars civil servants from using Waze, citing Israel’s control of app","plainHeadline":"Malaysia bans Waze for civil servants due to Israeli control","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Malaysia bans Waze for all civil servants following PM Anwar Ibrahim's warning.","National Cyber Security Committee met and issued an official circular dated October 20.","Waze is controlled by Israeli law and has origins tied to FreeMap Israel.","Anwar cites security risks to movement data and information from Waze usage.","Malaysia promotes TuJu as an approved local navigation alternative."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity","Internet Culture"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T07:53:33.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-21T08:24:02.354Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/bff4d2a2-644f-448e-bdd0-94ae5e539572","storyId":"bff4d2a2-644f-448e-bdd0-94ae5e539572","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/21/903e00f3-d01a-48ae-98f3-c1d220c319b2_27dc4d6a.jpg?itok=Klhwwrpr&v=1792569211","author":"Joseph Sipalan","dek":"All civil servants in Malaysia have been banned from using Waze, following a warning by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of security concerns over the Israeli government’s control of the mobile navigation app."}