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Operates a social platform, in Malaysia

Online Safety Act 2025, Child Protection Code, social-media age verificationsince 4 lines

Online Safety Act 2025 (Act 866), Child Protection Code s. 3 (Age Verification) · Read the law's page

  • Applies to a licensed applications service provider or licensed content applications service provider offering a social media service likely to be accessed by child users.
  • Implement effective age verification measures so that only users whose ages have been identified as sixteen years or above may register for the service or access a feature of the service appropriate for their age.
  • Verify age against documents issued by the Government of Malaysia (National Registration Identity Card, passport, birth certificate or another government-recognised document), or an equivalent document issued or recognised by a competent authority in another jurisdiction.
  • Collect only personal data that is adequate, relevant and necessary for age verification, and do not keep it longer than necessary for that process, consistently with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010.

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