Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil stated that the government currently has no intentions of drafting a specific act aimed at regulating social media platforms.
He emphasised that there have been no official announcements regarding such legislation and expressed his surprise at the notion of a social media platform regulation act, stating that it’s the first time he’s heard of it, according to Bernama.
He reiterated that neither the ministry nor the government has any plans to introduce new laws for overseeing social media platforms.
It was previously reported that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was developing a framework to require all social media platform providers to register with the commission, facilitating regulatory efforts in the country.
Fahmi stated that the MCMC required additional time to finalise the framework, which included consolidating insights from external experiences and the commission’s prior dialogues with social media platform providers.
“One of the things we will do in the near future is to ensure that all social media platforms are registered with MCMC. So far no one has registered,” he said.
