New Licensing Requirement for social media and Internet Messaging Services – Subsidiary Legislation Gazetted
On 27 July 2024, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (“MCMC”) issued a statement announcing that all social media and internet messaging services with at least eight million registered users in Malaysia must apply for an Applications Service Provider (“ASP”) class licence. Our previous Alert on this can be read here.
To give effect to the above, the Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 [P.U.(A) 205/2024] (“Amendment Regulations”) and the Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2024 [P.U.(A) 206/2024] (“Amendment Order”) were gazetted on 1 August 2024, amending the Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) Regulations 2000 (“Licensing Regulations”) and the Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) (Exemption) Order 2000 (“Exemption Order”) respectively. In line with the MCMC’s earlier statement, both the Amendment Regulations and Amendment Order will come into operation on 1 January 2025.
