Derek John Fernandez, commissioner of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), hailed the government's move to require all social media platforms with over eight million users to obtain an Application Service Provider (ASP) C Licence as a significant step towards enhancing online safety and regulation.
The government’s move of all social media providers with over eight million users to have the Application Service Provider (ASP) C Licence is a milestone for the country’s online regulation , Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ( MCMC ) commissioner Derek John Fernandez said. He described the licensing requirement as a major achievement in enhancing online safety and regulation approaches.
\“The guidelines here are designed that people who are licenced by us, we can provide certain level of security by pushing the onus on them to make sure they are patrolling, they’re understanding the complaints coming, they investigate it and they stop and block it. \“The self-regulatory model is going to go away and the regulation now, in my opinion, should be protecting every one of you. MCMC is working hard on that against tremendous odds to get the licensing and to get big social media providers to license is an achievement itself,” he said. \Derek shared his insights during a dialogue session entitled ‘International Cooperation in Online Regulation: Reflections on Practice’ at the International Regulatory Conference (IRC) 2025, here toda
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