Malaysia Oversight

Govt to review 8m user threshold for socmed licence after Grok incident

By MkiniEN in January 22, 2026 – Reading time 1 minute
Govt to review 8m user threshold for socmed licence after Grok incident


The government will review social media licensing requirements, specifically the eight-million-user threshold, following concerns that online harm can occur even on platforms with fewer users, said Communications Minister Fadzil.

Referring to the misuse of the Grok AI function on the X app, he said that currently, the X platform is exempt from licensing because the company reported it does not have eight million users in Malaysia.

He said the case involving the app is…



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