00:00Cyber security expert Fong Chong Fook is concerned with the law enforcement challenges
00:08in order to enforce social media services and internet messages to be licensed from next January.
00:15Fong, who is also the executive director of the LGMS Berhad company,
00:19has been questioning whether the authorities are competent, trained,
00:23with a new perspective,
00:25in addition to seeing it as impractical in Malaysia,
00:28which promotes freedom of speech,
00:30even though it admits it is good for combating cybercrime.
00:35Meanwhile, Haris Zainul, a right-wing analyst at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies,
00:41questioned why the new policy framework was implemented
00:45by removing the exception under the Communication and Multimedia Act.
00:50In addition, all licensing activities must be clearly,
00:55strengthened fairly to avoid abuse of power
00:59and decisions of personal interest.
01:02Last Saturday, the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia announced
01:06at least 8 million registered users in Malaysia
01:10for social media services and internet messages.
01:13You must request an application service license under the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998.
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