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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has formed an online safety committee as the highest strategic advisory body to steer the direction of the nation's online safety, Azalina Othman Said, minister in the prime minister's department for law and institutional reform, said on Friday.
This is in line with the enforcement of the Online Safety Act, which came into force on Jan. 1, and the committee will be responsible for determining risk analysis methods and mitigation strategies to protect users from online harm, assessing the effectiveness of complaint mechanisms, and monitoring enforcement against content that breaches the law, Azalina said in a statement.
"The online safety committee will function as the highest strategic advisory body guiding the direction of online safety, including monitoring and providing recommendations on online content safety," she said, adding that the committee will advise the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission on the classification of harmful and priority content, such as child sexual exploitation and financial fraud, as part of its responsibilities.
It will also conduct technical research and expert analysis on emerging cybercrime trends, including the misuse of artificial intelligence technology and the use of deepfakes.
