PUTRAJAYA, Feb. 7 -- The Communications Ministry is set to provide an update next week on whether additional licences have been issued to social media companies.
This follows last month's disclosure by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) that only four companies had applied for the required operating licences under a new regulatory framework aimed at safeguarding the public from online harm.
"Yes, I believe, God willing, next week, after Thaipusam, we will have more information," Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil told reporters at the weekly post-Cabinet press conference today.
Fahmi did not specify how many licences could be granted.
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