KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia hopes to collaborate with different ASEAN member states to strive for better regulation of the communications and multimedia business and work intently collectively as a regional bloc, stated Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.
In his opening remarks on the inaugural International Regulatory Conference (IRC 2024) right here immediately, he famous that because the chair of ASEAN in 2025, Malaysia goals to invigorate ASEAN-led boards and obtain important milestones.
Fahmi stated the regional regulatory framework on on-line security is anticipated to facilitate coordination and collaboration amongst ASEAN member states in addressing frequent challenges associated to on-line security, in addition to constructing regional consensus on ASEAN’s dedication to safeguarding the digital setting.
“With that aspiration, allow us to channel our collective efforts in the direction of fostering a extra built-in and resilient ASEAN.
“By collaborating successfully and embracing revolutionary regulatory practices, we will guarantee a brighter, safer future for all our nations,” he stated.
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Elaborating, Fahmi stated because the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 concludes subsequent yr, it prompts the ten-member bloc to contemplate what the following decade holds for ASEAN, together with the methods and objectives that will outline the longer term trajectory of the area.
“To handle each present and future challenges and traits from inside and out of doors the area, we suggest to develop an inspiring, inclusive, and ahead-trying submit-2025 imaginative and prescient for the ASEAN Community, spanning the following 20 years,” he stated.
In Malaysia’s context, Fahmi stated the federal government has launched the Cybersecurity Bill 2024, a legislative measure aimed to safeguard the nation’s digital borders and shield its residents from rising cyber threats.
He added that the federal government can be within the closing stage of finalising the regulatory framework for on-line companies platforms, significantly social media and web messaging suppliers.
“Once regulated, these platforms will be required to look at Malaysian legal guidelines and are anticipated to stick to sure conduct necessities. These embody the requirement to guard younger people by proposing a restriction on social media utilization for these underneath 13,” he stated.
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At the identical time, Fahmi stated the federal government is actively drafting legal guidelines to deal with on-line security together with on-line scams and fraud, sexual-associated offences and hate speech, whereas leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost on-line security by means of the event of an AI Portal.
On IRC 2024, the minister stated that the enter from regulators and material specialists on the convention will be important to make sure that the communication and multimedia sector continues to thrive and form a future the place the digital ecosystem stays a driving pressure for connectivity and innovation.
At the press convention later, Fahmi stated that by means of that convention, Malaysia may study in regards to the points confronted by different nations and the regulatory elements carried out.
“My hope with the IRC is that, first, we will implement it usually. Second, on account of these discussions, there could also be some steps or methods that we will take into account and if they’re appropriate for the state of affairs in Malaysia, they are often carried out,” he stated.
He stated his ministry will additionally take into account the suitability of proposing the IRC to the ASEAN Secretariat to be included in subsequent yr’s occasion calendar when Malaysia takes over the chairmanship of the regional bloc.
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“For the Ministry of Communications, we’ve got certainly proposed quite a few occasions involving our businesses together with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), eNM (Malaysian National News Agency), and others.
“At the ASEAN stage, there are specific boards that collect regulatory our bodies, ministers overseeing info and digital points… so I request the ministry to review the outcomes of IRC 2024 and the suitability for us to incorporate them within the ASEAN calendar,” Fahmi added.
Also current on the occasion had been Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching and Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, Communications Ministry secretary-basic Datuk Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa and MCMC Chairman Tan Sri Mohamed Salim Fateh Din.
The IRC 2024, organised by the MCMC, brings collectively communications and multimedia specialists, together with regulators and policymakers, from ASEAN, Korea, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
A complete of 800 individuals attended the 2-day convention with the theme ‘Aligning Innovation with Safety for a Sustainable Future’, which mentioned a myriad of improvements, rising applied sciences, regulatory frameworks and approaches inside the ambit of the communications and multimedia business.
