Licencing process for social media companies will be simple, says Fahmi

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The Communications Ministry says that the licencing process for social media companies to operate in Malaysia will be straightforward.

Its minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had informed him that the process would take three to five working days.

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00:00Do you have any platform controllers requesting license for platform controllers?
00:10Not yet. We are in contact with platform controllers, but they haven't made a request yet.
00:19At this time, I have just received a message from PMCMC regarding the timeline.
00:26There are two tracks.
00:36The first one is for license holders.
00:38The second one is to develop what is known as Code of Conduct.
00:46Code of Conduct for social media platforms.
00:49To develop Code of Conduct for social media platforms,
00:55there will be discussions with all social media platforms,
01:01all license holders, including non-governmental bodies, academicians, and various parties.
01:08We believe it can be completed by the end of October.
01:15At the same time, the process related to social media platforms
01:20to ensure they understand the process of licensing will be continued.
01:26I have asked PMCMC to contact us immediately.
01:29It is currently underway.
01:33But it will take time.
01:35We give assurance to social media platforms
01:39that since this is a class license,
01:43the process is not difficult compared to an individual license.
01:49An individual license may take a few months to process.
01:54But for a class license, PMCMC informs that it will take three to five working days.
02:03We expect that a number of applications will be submitted in October or November.

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