Malaysian laws can be used against social media content

CONTENT in social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter does not need approval or evaluation by agencies such as the Malaysian Commu­nications and Multimedia Commis­sion (MCMC), said Information, Com­mu­­­­­nications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

“However, their content is subject to laws like the Sedition Act 1948, the Penal Code, the Evidence Act 1950 and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,” he told Datuk Noraini Ahmad (BN-Parit Sulong).