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26 May, 2026

Malaysia's Online Safety Codes: What Platforms Need to Know

On 22 May, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) published the Child Protection Code (CPC) and Risk Mitigation Code (RMC) under the Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA). Both Codes take effect on 1 June. The Codes arrive at a moment when child online safety is a hotly debated issue across Asia-Pacific. Australia is enforcing its world-first under-16 social media ban, Indonesia has brought minimum age threshold and child safety design obligations into […]

21 Aug, 2025

Will the upcoming Digital Fairness Act rewrite the rules of online commerce?

Anna Abela Jose Michaus Sara Fornasiero

On 17 July, the European Commission launched its public consultation on the Digital Fairness Act, firing the starting gun on what is shaping up to be the most consequential piece of EU digital legislation in President von der Leyen’s second mandate. This upcoming law will seek to update European consumer protection law for the digital […]

04 Feb, 2025

How can businesses respond to online content regulations across Asia Pacific in 2025?

Abigail Chen David Skelton Ewan Lusty

The regulatory landscape for online content in Asia-Pacific looks set to become increasingly fragmented and complex over the course of 2025. This blog cuts through the noise to distill five key trends in online content regulation. It outlines essential steps that businesses - both major platforms and smaller digital services - must take to prepare […]

25 Jul, 2024

Online Safety 2.0

Charlie Jackson Lacey Law Louisa Bartolo Maria Murray

Online safety was a hot political issue in the last Parliament and it is likely to remain a subject of much attention for the new government. Labour pledged several commitments in its manifesto, and the Party was also vocally in support of stronger measures during the passage of the Online Safety Act (OSA). Two concrete […]

07 May, 2024

Online Safety Act: Outside of ‘big tech’ who should be worrying about its implementation?

Charlie Jackson

Ofcom and DSIT are currently engaged in a back-and-forth exchange about categorising which companies will be caught by the additional duties of the Online Safety Act. Naturally there has been a lot of focus on the biggest and most well-known social media platforms operating in the UK. But alongside this, real regulatory concern is emerging […]

Category: Online Safety

Malaysia's Online Safety Codes: What Platforms Need to Know

Will the upcoming Digital Fairness Act rewrite the rules of online commerce?

How can businesses respond to online content regulations across Asia Pacific in 2025?

Online Safety 2.0

Online Safety Act: Outside of ‘big tech’ who should be worrying about its implementation?

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