Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2025

Section 2

(a)

any applications service which utilizes internet access service that enables communications between users;

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(b)

any content applications service which utilizes internet access service to provide content; and

(c)

any network service.

(2)

This Act shall not apply to a private messaging feature of any applications service and content applications service.

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2), “private messaging feature” means a feature that allows a user to communicate a content to a specific and limited number of recipients determined by the user and may contain any other characteristics as may be prescribed.

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