Kuala Lampur, May 22 -- Dr Ong Tze Chin, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya has identified public law injunction as a critical tool for regulatory bodies to protect the collective interests of online users.

Such an injunction should serve "as an immediate 'emergency brake', allowing regulators to bypass procedural delays and legally compel platforms to freeze scam accounts or remove deceptive advertisements in real-time".

It would allow public law enforcement to prevent the "systemic unfair commercial practices that threaten users' safety and economic stability".

Citing the so-called landmark case of Zschimmer & Schwarz GMBH & Co. KG Chemische Fabriken v Persons Unknown and Mohammad Azuwan bin Othman (t/a Premier ...