Good and very fair questions. The answer is make sure PH remains in power.
Ok I jest. I jest. Serious answer below 👇🏼
Firstly, the licensing regime imposes obligations not on the end user like you and me, but on online service providers (OSPs) like Meta, X, TikTok
The primary obligation rests on the OSPs to moderate and create a safe environment, government only steps in when the OSPs fail to do so.
Secondly, the requirement for license has always been there. This isn’t a new law that needs to be passed by Parliament.
However, by way of an Exemption Order in year 2000, many content providers have been exempt from requiring a licence.
The Government intends to amend the said EO to require two types of OSPs to obtain licenses; social media and instant messaging.
This means that OSPs with 8 million users in Malaysia must have a local presence (ie local company) and obtain a licence.
The whole idea is to enforce conduct requirements on these OSPs that they must comply. These include:
1) robust measures to protect minors
2) robust measures to detect AI generated content
3) content moderation which must be quick and effective
4) clear complaints procedure for aggrieved social media users,
amongst others.
Enforcement is by way of enforcing the licence conditions. In other words, it is by way of administrative action by MCMC.
Since it is by way of administrative action by MCMC to require the OSP to do something and not enforcement of legislation, there is an in built procedure for review and appeal to an Appeals Tribunal.
The action should also be open to judicial review, especially if it relates to infringement of basic fundamental liberties.
Making OSPs responsible for the content it publishes is not something unique to Malaysia. Some countries have even more stringent requirements.
One must also remember that these OSPs have significant presence in Malaysia, with little to no accountability or responsibility for the content they allow to be published.
Not to mention, the revenue they get from our country without giving back to its people through taxes and the like.
I again reiterate; it would be easy for the government to fallback on making new laws which would further restrict freedom of speech. That would truly be a matter of concern.
There you go!
Anwar Ibrahim was DIRECTLY INVOLVED with Najib’s Pardon Process!
😡😡😡
Now all those PH Stupid Supporters who supported blindly can crawl back to their Shit Hole to hide!
Macai PH keep attacking Saddiq with a photo of him with Najib. He made a mistake by seeing him to seek whatever support for the legislation he was bringing. The meeting was open. Anwar much worse than Saddiq. He conspired behind the scene with Zahid.
Mana option untuk kes-kes yang melibatkan polis??? Ke kau tak sedar apa yang jadi bawah kementerian kau???
Polis rogol pelajar sekolah
Polis rogol pelajar uni
Polis pau pelancong
Polis langgar pelajar sekolah
Polis belasah orang awam
Nak Rakyat listkan lagi ke?
Hate him or love him, the old man was spot on in every single detail:
1. "Anwar sudah berbincang dgn Zahid supaya bekerjasama"
2. Anwar akan jadi PM (selepas PRU15)"
3. "PM (Anwar) akan memohon kpd Agong supaya diampunkan Najib"
4. "menggugurkan tuduhan terhadap Zahid"
Najib was a red line. And PH, this isn’t just about you. You may have forgiven your political enemies now that you’re in power, but you forget that millions of Malaysians fought side by side with you, moving mountains to get a former PM incarcerated for robbing the country blind.
Let me remind you what they used to tell you. They said:
Undi PH, Najib kekal dalam penjara
Undi PH, Zahid masuk penjara
Undi PH, Azam Baki kena siasat
Undi PH, LCS disiasat
Undi PH, kes-kes mahkamah tak digugurkan