{"id":777038938,"date":"2026-03-10T08:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038938"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:40:35","slug":"illegal-online-gambling-content-accounts-for-majority-of-malaysias-online-takedown-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-online-gambling-content-accounts-for-majority-of-malaysias-online-takedown-requests","title":{"rendered":"Illegal online gambling content accounts for majority of Malaysia\u2019s online takedown requests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities reported that gambling-related material represented 62 per cent of all removal requests issued to online platforms in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- Gambling-related content accounted for the largest share of online takedown requests issued by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission<\/strong> in 2025. Speaking in the Dewan Negara, Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching<\/strong> said they accounted for 62 per cent of all requests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data shared during the parliamentary session showed that gambling-related takedown requests totalled 293,057 in 2025, compared with 196,510 in 2024. Scam-related content, including fake accounts and impersonation, represented 21 per cent of requests, while offensive content accounted for seven per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regulator made 576,269 gambling-related takedown requests between 2022 and March 1, 2026. According to Teo, the increase in removal requests reflects several factors, including more proactive monitoring by the regulator<\/a>, greater public awareness of complaint channels and the growing use of artificial intelligence tools to disseminate harmful online material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister added that enforcement actions are carried out in line with the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the Online Safety Act 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> 10 arrested in raids on on alleged illegal online gambling and scam networks in Cambodia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities reported that gambling-related material represented 62 per cent of all removal requests issued to online platforms in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":10897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission reported that gambling-related content constituted 62% of all online takedown requests in 2025, a significant increase from 2024. This surge in enforcement, attributed to proactive monitoring and AI tool usage, underscores Malaysia's commitment to regulatory compliance under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the Online Safety Act 2025.","focusai_entities":"Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Teo Nie Ching, Dewan Negara","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MCMC Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific metrics beyond raw takedown numbers are being utilized by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to assess the efficacy of its content moderation strategy against illegal online gambling?"},{"label":"AI in Content Dissemination","query":"How are iGaming operators and affiliates leveraging AI tools for content dissemination, and what countermeasures are regulators developing to identify and mitigate such advanced methods?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24634,226,25019],"class_list":["post-777038938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-malaysia","tag-mcmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038938","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038938"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038943,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038938\/revisions\/777038943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}