Social media platform providers have been urged to register their service licences promptly ahead of the enforcement of the Class Licence for Application Service Providers, which takes effect on Jan 1.
Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching emphasised on Friday (Dec 27) that the deadline for licence applications is Dec 31.
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00:00Ulus, regarding the licensing of Telegram and WeChat, when will they be licensed?
00:08As of now, the deadline for OTT licensing is January 1.
00:16We would like to thank Tencent and Telegram.
00:21Tencent owns WeChat because they are willing to cooperate and comply with the rules set by MCNC.
00:32I hope that other platforms will also follow their steps.
00:37Because if they are eager to provide services to Malaysia, and at the same time,
00:43get benefits when Malaysians pay to advertise, boost, or promote their products.
00:53I hope that they will also follow the rules set by the Malaysian law.
00:58That's why we need to make a decision on the OTT licensing.
01:04Because we also need help from platform providers to reduce the burden of licensing.
01:11Because I think AI is a new technology that we can't make a U-turn.
01:16It's impossible for Malaysia to say that we don't want to use AI in Malaysia.
01:20But at the same time, there are people who use AI to make meaningful videos.
01:27But at the same time, the burden of AI for bad purposes needs to be reduced as soon as possible.
01:36In Korea and the U.S., AI has been used to produce more pornographic content.
01:49That's why we have passed laws in the last parliament.
01:53We hope to get support and cooperation from the platform.
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