Malaysia: Anti-bully Act including provisions on removal of bullying-related content from social media platforms was introduced to House of Representatives
Description
Anti-bully Act including provisions on removal of bullying-related content from social media platforms was introduced to House of Representatives
On 1 December 2025, the Anti-bully Act was introduced to the House of Representatives. The Bill empowers the Tribunal for Anti-Bully to order a respondent to remove bullying-related content from any social media platform, electronic device or digita…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, messaging service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2025-12-01
under deliberation
2025-12-16
adopted
2026-01-13
adopted
2026-03-01
in grace period