Talk:Malaysia Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA)

Issues with Malaysia Article

Hey Keith,

@Beanie Bo, if you're still around some help finding valid sources for this would be awesome, you were awesome the last time something like this happened, thanks for then.

Malaysia Online Safety Act 2025 (OSHA) [for CR 12:32, 9 February 2026]

Two things. One, I think you already figured it out but the links are mostly leading to 404's for the article. This could potentially all just be me, so please verify.

These references lead to something (Haven't checked validity) all the others don't:

Ref #	Link
11,12,13,14	https://stats.napoleoncat.com/social-media-users-in-malaysia/2025/
15	https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/01/01/enforcement-of-online-safety-act-takes-effect-stre <- I think I got something from this before, 404 upon checking again
16	https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf2/ONSA-FAQ-English.pdf
24,27,46	https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3333904/malaysias-bid-bar-under-16s-social-m <- got a page from this one time, got 404 another.
25,30,32,38	https://facia.ai/news/malaysia-under-16-social-media-ban-plans-and-ekyc-age-checks/
26,65	https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/01/28/age-verification-system-for-social-media-users-in-t <- dodgy, potential 404 also
28,34,35,39	https://fulcrum.sg/malaysias-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-protection-or-overreach/
31,33,37	https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-malaysia-under-16-users-social-media-id-based-age-verification/
42	https://rsf.org/en/country/malaysia
60	https://www.change.org/p/stop-ekyc-for-social-media-in-malaysia-and-promote-digital-literacy

Two, I think the article title abbreviation is supposed to be (ONSA) and not (OSHA) as it was written. I can't find (OSHA) in the laws, but I can find some stating (ONSA):

https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf2/ONSA-FAQ-English.pdf

https://www.mcmc.gov.my/en/onsa/home

https://ecentral.my/onsa/

https://www.nst.com.my/business/economy/2026/02/1370865/online-safety-act-changes-how-it-works

https://www.sinardaily.my/article/733572/focus/exclusives/online-safety-act-2025-what-it-means-for-platforms-and-users

https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2026/01/01/online-safety-act-kicks-in-effective-today/

I don't think I can change the title (I really tried), so if you believe that the correct abbreviation is ONSA, then make the change. Left4Code (talk) 04:18, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

I'm going to try and condense the reference numbers down now. Left4Code (talk) 04:21, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

I've crunched everything down, going to try and mark the links I find 404'd as dead for anyone who wants to try and target the content. Left4Code (talk) 04:47, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Most recent revision of the article has 404 attached to links I couldn't get to. Good luck. Left4Code (talk) 05:42, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

I might move this over to the talk article for the page, rather than keeping it here, as it's relevant to anyone who wants to edit the page. For now i'll stick a SloppyAI notice on it due to the broken references. In terms of renaming it, does it not allow you to use the 'Move page' option on the right sidebar? i thought that all confirmed users could do that but I may be mistaken. Keith (talk) 18:41, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

paging @Ruby Lexington to have a look over the references. Whenever you use deep research or any kinds of AI research, it's very important to check every single reference, as AI's just not reliable at that sort of thing (Don't worry, it's a mistake I've made before too!) Keith (talk) 18:44, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

thanks keith, I will review back the reference for some validity and yes its ONSA not OSHA it might have been a huge typo and I didn't know how to edit the title. Regarding the reference the ones I've check so far are the ones that were 404. I didn't use ai for those sources but before this I was able to check the page working well currently well its still 404 so until I could find one new article from Malaysia covering such topic. Chances are those pages got removed but not censored because there are still talks regarding the topic on those news pages themselves. I still cannot edit the reference myself considering I'm currently busy with life so if anyone as well could do it then go for it. Check back in like 2 weeks hopefully. Ruby Lexington (talk) 03:28, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey

@Keith, the page title went from OSHA to OSNA, still not ONSA. Had a good chuckle at this.

conspiracy theory, maybe the shorthand is made that way so people have an impossible time searching it up, spooky! Left4Code (talk) 07:15, 11 February 2026 (UTC)