{"id":777022950,"date":"2025-02-14T10:29:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022950"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:47:25","slug":"malaysia-removed-224403-pieces-of-online-gambling-content-since-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-removed-224403-pieces-of-online-gambling-content-since-2022","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia removed 224,403 pieces of online gambling content since 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than 93 per cent of the content removed was from Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- <strong>Fahmi Fadzil<\/strong>, Malaysia&#8217;s communications minister, has announced that from 2022 until February 1 this year, his ministry acted against\u00a0224,403 pieces of digital content related to online gambling. Fadzil told a parliamentary session that 93.14 per cent of the content removed (209,006) was on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that 5,026 gambling websites had been blocked in cooperation with internet service providers since 2022. Fadzil said: &#8220;The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had proactively monitored the platforms to ensure a safe online environment that was free of content that contravened the laws, including gambling.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister said that from January 1, social media and messaging services with at least eight million registered users in Malaysia need a licence from the MCMC. This rule aims to ensure that services follow the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, also known as Act 588. The goal is to make these providers more accountable for the content they share and how people interact online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fadzil said: \u201cSince we have implemented the licensing regime, there were various reactions from the platform providers including those who tried to delay the process. But we also received better cooperation, for example, YouTube (under Google) was found to contain a lot of gambling advertisements. However, we have applied for the content to be removed where 5,167 content was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf the total, 5,115 advertisements were taken down, which means while Google is not licensed yet we see better cooperation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Over 5,000 online gambling websites blocked since 2022, says Fahmi\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dN4kdxRgvL8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: The Star.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/malaysia-increases-special-lottery-draws-300x200.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\"><span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-cracks-down-on-online-gambling-and-scams-in-the-first-week-of-january\">Malaysia cracks down on online gambling and scams in the first week of January<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 93 per cent of the content removed was from Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777012806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysia's communications ministry has significantly escalated its crackdown on online gambling content, removing over 224,000 pieces of digital content and blocking 5,026 websites since 2022, with Facebook accounting for the vast majority of removals. A new licensing regime for social media and messaging services with over eight million users in Malaysia aims to enhance accountability for content, leading to improved cooperation from platforms like YouTube\/Google in removing gambling advertisements.","focusai_entities":"Fahmi Fadzil, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, MCMC, Facebook, Google, YouTube, The Star","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.75), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MCMC Licensing Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks and technical compliance measures are MCMC implementing for licensed social media platforms to ensure content accountability?"},{"label":"Platform Liability Evolution","query":"How does Malaysia's new licensing regime for digital platforms compare to other jurisdictions regarding platform liability for user-generated content, particularly concerning iGaming promotion?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777022950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777022950"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022956,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022950\/revisions\/777022956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777012806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}