Don’t abuse social media restrictions, KJ tells govt

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The former health minister, however, says such regulations are needed as there seems to be a lack of monitoring of the content that is uploaded, promoted and shared.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/31/dont-abuse-social-media-restrictions-kj-tells-govt/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Abuse #SocialMedia #Restrictions #KhairyJamaluddin #KeluarSekejap #MCMC

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00:00So how will the government give guarantees that this will not close the space for legitimate

00:12political debate, criticism and discussion?

00:14That's the question.

00:15Former Minister Khairi Jamaluddin has asked the government to provide assurances that

00:21planned regulations on social media and internet messaging services will not suppress genuine

00:27debates.

00:28In the latest episode of his Keluar Sekejap podcast, Khairi said he supported the Malaysian

00:33Communications and Multimedia Commission's effort in requiring social media and internet

00:39messaging services with at least 8 million registered users in Malaysia to apply for

00:45a licence.

00:46I don't like it when there's a communication platform that doesn't have any regulations

00:56and there's no censorship at all.

01:02I'm worried that the government's intention to look at the issues I mentioned earlier,

01:11such as fake news, sexual crimes, fake news in the media, and so on, I'm worried that

01:22the government is trying to close the space for legitimate political debate.

01:38Last Saturday, MCMC announced that all social media and internet messaging services with

01:44at least 8 million registered users in Malaysia must apply for a licence.

01:50MCMC said the licence would be introduced on August 1, with enforcement effective from

01:56January 1 next year.

01:58The new policy is aimed at creating a safer internet environment for children and families.

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