Minister: Govt may authorise MCMC to vet social media for fake news, racist posts
07 March 2019
He said it was among the measures discussed in line with the government's intention to enact legislation addressing the abuse of social media, which has been rampant of late. “We are looking at how we can give the MCMC the power. I hope the new legislation can be tabled at the next Parliament session or the following session ,” he told reporters after attending the closing of the Malaysian chapter of Safer Internet Day 2019 celebration here today.
Earlier in his closing speech, Gobind said a digital citizenship concept would be introduced to promote good behaviour and accountability in the use of digital technology. “Realising the existence of this problem, the government is planning to create a system based on the digital citizenship concept with the support of CyberSecurity Malaysia,” he said.
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