Malaysia currently lacks a dedicated legal framework to effectively address the increasing scale and sophistication of spam-related activities, which have seen a nearly 200% surge in reported complaints between 2021 and 2025. In response, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is proposing a regulatory framework for Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Messages, commonly referred to as spam. On 13 August 2025, MCMC issued a public consultation paper inviting feedback on the proposed framework.