Keyword: "Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission"

Under the new rules, social media platforms are required to implement age-verification systems and prevent users under 16 from creating accounts. The regulations apply to platforms with at least eight million users in Malaysia, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said 81% of online gambling content was detected on Facebook, while 58% of online scam content was also on the same platform.

Two Malaysia commissions made commitment to intensifying efforts against fraudulent schemes exploiting digital platforms, including the use of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to enhance detection, investigation and enforcement.

This follows Telegram’s serious failure to address the content that has been repeatedly reported to them, despite various efforts of negotiation and cooperation made by MCMC, it said.

Malaysia is investigating an alleged attempt to sell the data of more than 46 million mobile users upon information about the largest data leak so far in the country.

Malaysian police are set to launch its largest ever crackdown on illegal gambling nationwide, according to Deputy Inspector General of Police Noor Rashid Ibrahim.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has blocked 27 websites and 54 URL links in the Malay and English languages that spread Islamic State (IS) ideology.