Malaysia Bans Civil Servants From Using Waze Over Israel Ties
The government cites data security risks linked to the app's Israeli origins, while a local alternative faces technical issues from user surges.
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First reported by Bloomberg Technology, 52 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 7 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 Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera, appeared on 24 October at 12:30 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), ABC News (major outlet), Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), South China Morning Post.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Bloomberg TechnologyMalaysia Bans Civil Service Use of Google’s Israel-based Waze
- Asia - South China Morning PostMalaysia bars civil servants from using Waze, citing Israel’s control of app
- ABC NewsMalaysia bans civil servants from using navigation app, citing data risks
- South China Morning PostMalaysia’s TuJu app struggles after Anwar suggests switching from Waze
- Bloomberg TechnologyMalaysian Traffic App Draws Ridicule After Officials Banned Waze
- Bloomberg TechnologyMalaysia May Widen Ban on Israel-Based Waze Traffic App, PM Says
- Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraMalaysia considers complete ban on Israel-based navigation app Waze
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Malaysia considers complete ban on Israel-based navigation app Waze Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
- Malaysia May Widen Ban on Israel-Based Waze Traffic App, PM Says Bloomberg Technology ·
- Malaysian Traffic App Draws Ridicule After Officials Banned Waze Bloomberg Technology ·
- Malaysia bans civil servants from using navigation app, citing data risks ABC News ·
- Malaysia Bans Civil Service Use of Google’s Israel-based Waze Bloomberg Technology ·
- Malaysia’s TuJu app struggles after Anwar suggests switching from Waze South China Morning Post
- Malaysia bars civil servants from using Waze, citing Israel’s control of app Asia - South China Morning Post
In this story
- Malaysia
- Waze
- Anwar Ibrahim
- TuJu