Experts want oversight, transparency for new social media law


PETALING JAYA: Independent and judicial oversight must be provided over any punishments issued under the new regulatory framework for social media platform service providers, say experts.

They were responding to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil’s announcement that social media platform providers, without a valid licence, would face fines of up to RM500,000 or five years’ jail or both under the framework.

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