Malaysia: Order establishing 16 as minimum age for social media use
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
03 Dec 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Malaysia
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission announced order establishing 16 as minimum age for social media use
On 3 December 2025, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced an order establishing 16 as minimum age for social media use. Specifically, the MCMC announced that it was in the process of formulating subsidiary instrumen…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body