00:00The Online Safety Act 2025, which comes into effect next year, was designed specifically to protect the safety of social media users rather than control their freedom, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.
00:15MCMC's Deputy Managing Director for Development, Eneng Farida Iskandar, said ONSA would allow the government to take legal action against social media companies that fail to effectively filter out harmful content unlike current laws,
00:29that only allow legal action to be taken against individuals who share or create harmful or dangerous content.
00:37It's the difference of ONSA with other laws.
00:44So, ONSA doesn't suit the users. It's not the same. It's the same. It's the same. It's the same as the responsible platform for the service.
00:56Passed in Parliament last year and gazetted in May this year, the law will require social media companies to ensure their platforms are free from nine types of harmful content,
01:08among which content related to child sexual abuse and fraud are explicitly highlighted.
01:14Platforms would also need to submit to the government an annual digital safety plan detailing their mitigation strategies and accomplishments,
01:22with non-compliance resulting in penalties of up to 10 million ringgit.
01:27Eneng said one of ONSA's major objectives was to protect children who make up about one-third of internet users from harmful and predatory content.
01:36Dari segi apa yang akan berlaku 1 Januari ini, pengguna tidak perlu khawatir atau bimbang mengenai pengalaman mereka lah bersama,
01:47sama ada media sosial ataupun instant messaging dan sebagainya.
01:51Mereka telah berjanjikan mereka akan melakukan age verification sebagai syarat.
01:56Jadi, kita hanya melihat kepada apakah mereka patuh kepada keperluan ataupun peruntukan yang mereka jamin kepada para pengguna.
02:05Pan Yuzhou, FMT.
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