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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is expanding its digital forensics infrastructure to identify and counter artificially generated deepfakes and tampered evidence, reflecting growing concerns about technology-enabled corruption.
The MACC has strengthened its digital forensics division through advanced international training in detecting manipulated images, audio, and video—including AI-generated deepfakes—to ensure evidence integrity in court proceedings.
The European Union is rolling out enforcement of its landmark AI Act on August 2, requiring AI companies to label generated content and establishing new monitoring mechanisms to combat deepfakes, explicit imagery, and cyber threats.
A British Labour Party lawmaker is pursuing legal action against Elon Musk's xAI, seeking a court order to prevent Grok from creating non-consensual sexualised images of her. The case could establish new precedent for data protection law applied to AI developers.
Malaysia's communications regulator removed 12,353 deepfake posts in the first six months of 2024, while courts handed down RM79,000 in fines for fake news cases. New AI labeling requirements now apply.
Police in Tawau have arrested and remanded eight secondary school boys for two days following a violent confrontation traced to the circulation of non-consensual AI-generated sexual content among student networks.
Generative AI has transformed online fraud, eliminating traditional warning signs like typos and poor grammar. Scammers now use AI to create convincing fake websites, deepfake videos, and voice clones, with the FBI reporting nearly US$21 billion in cybercrime losses last year.
Malaysia's parliament has passed the Cybercrimes Bill 2026, introducing penalties for deepfakes and digitally manipulated intimate images. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stressed the legislation includes safeguards to protect citizens' fundamental rights and privacy.
Malaysia is implementing a comprehensive two-layer approach to tackle emerging threats from artificial intelligence, combining a new AI Governance Bill with strengthened existing laws to address deepfakes, identity manipulation and content misuse.