Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Experts have called on Malaysia to strengthen cooperation with global technology platforms and like-minded countries to improve compliance and governance in addressing online safety risks, particularly those linked to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Technology Policy at the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia's Director of Cyber Farlina Said said that while Malaysia has taken steps to enhance digital governance, continued engagement is necessary to ensure safer online spaces amid rapid technological adoption.
Malaysia is enforcing the Online Safety Act 2025, with guidelines being developed, and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998's deeming provision enacted.
Farlina was quoted by local media as saying that as Malaysia has already developed the legislation and is constructing approaches to improve governance, the country requires an engagement strategy or sustained technology diplomacy effort to address its tech-incorporated future.
She said that addressing safety risks arising from AI deployment is a complex matter, involving jurisdictional limits, platform-specific AI development principles, safety governance models, the legal basis governing AI image generators, and the absence of global consensus on tackling child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate images.
Earlier, the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF) called for the criminalisation of AI tools used to generate images that strip individuals of their clothing.
Its chief executive officer Mediha Mahmood said platforms must be made legally liable for harm enabled by their AI tools./.
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