PETALING JAYA: The outdated Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 will see several amendments to keep up with current times and make it foolproof against future developments of technology, says Fahmi Fadzil .
Previously, when research was done on cyberbullying, there was no real TikTok live culture compared to now where people tend to stay on the social media platform from night to day, he noted.Section 233 of the Act stipulates offences of using network facilities to transmit communication deemed to be offensive or could cause annoyance to another person.
“Section 233 would be one per cent of . It is about the entire ecosystem,” Fahmi said.“We recognise that we also have a lot of issues with scam, illegal online gambling, minors on social media – which is not allowed and against the community guidelines, and child sexual abuse materials, like paedophilia and pornography.