The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Content Code (“Content Code“), which was first introduced in September 2004, outlines procedures for self-regulation by setting out the governing standards and best practices for content dissemination within Malaysia. On 30 May 2022, a Third Edition of the Content Code (“Content Code 2022“) was registered with MCMC and officially released. It contains a significant number of new amendments to the Second Edition of the Content Code, which was registered with MCMC and released on 14 February 2020.
In this Client Update, which is Part 1 of our series of updates on the Content Code 2022, we offer a brief introduction to the Content Code 2022, where we set out the key changes that have been finalised and incorporated into the new code.
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