Malaysia is considering introducing an Internet code of content.
This would make website operators accountable for what they publish and curb the posting of lies, false news and pornographic material, the official Bernama news agency said.
"We are not amending or creating a new law, but we are looking at the code of content to be introduced soon," the agency said today, quoting Mr Chia Kwang Chye, parliamentary secretary for the Energy, Communications and Multimedia Ministry.
"We are studying the cyber laws in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, China and Singapore," he said, stressing Malaysia had no intention of censoring the Internet.
The government regulates the print and broadcast media with operating permits, which can be suspended or revoked if they carry "undesirable" reports and pictures.
Mr Chia said the Web had become not only a source for pornography but one for spreading lies and false news to create strife in multi-racial Malaysia.