Emulate Malaysia’s push for safer online ecosystem, Asean states told

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Azmi Hassan says the country had always supported the former Portuguese colony’s admission into the bloc.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/22/emulate-malaysias-push-for-safer-online-ecosystem-asean-states-told/   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/22/asean-malaysia-boleh-terajui-usaha-wujud-internet-selamat-kata-ahli-akademik/   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 #Asean #InternetSafety

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00:00ASEAN member states should consider adopting initiatives introduced by the Communications

00:05Ministry to create a safer online ecosystem, an academic said.

00:11Ahmad Faizal Fiya of University Technology Mara said, Malaysia as ASEAN chair is well

00:16positioned to achieve consensus on regulating social media, including platform licensing

00:21while also setting an example of progressive digital governance.

00:26Police Minister Fahmi Fazil recently announced amendments to the Communications and Multimedia

00:30Act 1998 aimed at tackling various online crimes including paedophilia, scams and gambling.

00:37Meanwhile, regulations requiring social media providers with at least 8 million registered

00:42users in Malaysia to be licensed came into force on January 1st this year.

00:48Security and political analyst Nurnerwandi Matnordin called for cross-border cooperation

00:52among ASEAN member states to address social media security issues.

00:57Nurnerwandi, who is attached to University Technology Mara's Centre for Media and Information

01:01Warfare Studies, said such collaborations are necessary to curb radicalism and international

01:07scams.

01:08Pan Yujo, FMT News.

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