PETALING JAYA: The government has no intention of using the Perbandanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Finas) Act 1981 to restrict Malaysians from uploading their videos on social media.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said Malaysians had misinterpreted his response to Kluang MP Wong Shu Qi in Parliament on Thursday , where he said all filming required a licence, including any done on social media.
In a later statement Saifuddin explained that social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube did not exist when the Act was passed in 1981, and he said that the Act needed to be updated. Saifuddin's response came under heavy criticism from social media users, who felt that it was ridiculous for them to obtain a licence to upload videos to those platforms, especially when they have been doing so without one.
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