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Malaysia can help shape smarter digital policies across Asean: MCMC adviser

Country’s regulatory experience seen as valuable in balancing innovation and online safety

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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Schools may close if air quality worsens, five areas hit unhealthy levels: DOE

The department said the areas recorded unhealthy API readings, warns of RM1mil fine for open burning offenders

Short-lived La Niña expected in early 2026, but stable weather to follow

MetMalaysia forecasts cool conditions and brief shifts in rainfall patterns before returning to normal

No, Malays could not fly: Scholars call out pseudohistory

UPSI and DBP academics urge discipline in handling history after Prof Solehah’s claims of Malays teaching China ‘flying kung fu’

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