KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 -- A majority of the stakeholders who submitted feedback to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) during its public consultation on proposed draft codes under the Online Safety Act 2025 showed broad support for flexible, risk-based age assurance measures over a single mandatory age verification model.

The consultation received feedback from 21 respondents, including technology companies such as TikTok Service Pte Ltd, Meta, Google, X Corp., Roblox and rednote (Xiaohongshu), alongside telecommunications providers including Maxis, CelcomDigi, Telekom Malaysia, Time dotCom, YTL Communications and Astro.

According to MCMC's public consultation report, respondents broadly favoured a proportionate ...