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digital regulation

Dewan Negara Passes MCMC Amendment Bill 2026 to strengthen digital regulation

Amendments aim to enhance the commission’s governance, independence and enforcement role amid rising online threats

ONSA puts platform responsibility at the centre of Malaysia’s online safety push: experts

Regulators and industry leaders say the Online Safety Act marks a shift from removing harmful content to requiring digital platforms to prevent harm through safer systems

Spain to ban social media for under-16s, hold platform executives accountable for illegal content

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces sweeping measures to protect minors online, with new laws to criminalise disinformation and executive accountability

The state of the nation: a small slice of MCMC’s pie taking too much of our attention – Zainul Arifin

Tasked with policing the digital wild west, the regulator finds itself damned if it does, damned if it doesn’t—caught between calls for freedom and demands for order in a society addicted to outrage

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Petronas staff to be shown the door to make up losses from Petros deal?

Source claims national O&G firm is expected to see 30% revenue loss once agreed formula for natural gas distribution in Sarawak is implemented

InDrive faces termination for flouting guidelines

It is the second Russian e-hailing app after Maxim to face ban by Land Public Transport Agency

Duck and cover? FashionValet bought Vivy’s 30 Maple for RM95 mil in 2018

Purchase of Duck's holding company which appears to be owned wholly by Datin Vivy Yusof and husband Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar was made same year GLICs invested RM47 mil