Social media platform providers have been given a one-month deadline to respond to the code of conduct, after which they will be required to register with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for licensing purposes.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that once it is finalised by year-end, the code of conduct will be published, and all social media platform providers with more than eight million users in Malaysia will be required to register.

"There is no two-way discussion on this...