PARLIAMENT | Putrajaya's Cybercrime Bill, to be tabled next month, would provide a legal foundation for stopping dating applications related to the LGBTQ+ community in Malaysia.
This is according to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in his Parliamentary written reply to Zulkifly Jusoh (PN-Besut), who wanted to know Putrajaya's plan to eradicate online dating applications that are used by the community.
Zahid said the advancement of digital technology has made it hard for authorities to monitor online interactions that are deemed immoral and against social and religious values.
This was due to the existence of dating applications that cater for such activities, including among the LGBTQ+ people, which he said needs to be curbed.
"The drafting of this Cybercrime Bill is aimed at strengthening the existing legal framework against cyber crimes to keep up with the fast-developing digital technology and the cybercrime landscape that is becoming more complex.
"For your information, this bill does not have a specific provision on unnatural sex or LGBTQ+, but it would provide a legal framework for preventing abuse of computer systems.
"The existence of dating applications that promote such activities has more or less opened the opportunity for an increased risk of modern cybercrime activities," he said.
According to the deputy prime minister, the new law would make it compulsory for all licensed online application providers to ban any service that violates the law.
This includes applications that provide content considered harmful, such as matchmaking services for unnatural sex activities.
"Although this Cybercrime Bill contains no specific offence provisions related to reverse dating applications, the legal framework to be introduced will provide a strong foundation to prevent and combat the misuse of computer systems, including the risk of cybercrime arising from the existence of such dating applications," he added. - Mkini
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