KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 -- Meta platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, along with Google's YouTube have yet to be licenced in Malaysia, Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said.

In a written parliamentary reply to Sri Gading MP Aminolhuda Hassan, he said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is still in discussions with these social media platforms to resolve implementation and enforcement issues.

"X (formerly Twitter) has informed authorities that its user base in Malaysia does not reach the eight million user threshold required for mandatory licensing," he said in the reply.

However, MCMC is conducting a study on user numbers across platforms under the licensing framework and will examine ...