Malaysia has emerged as one of Southeast Asia’s most active markets for technology policy and digital infrastructure. Across key technology issues, Malaysia is moving from high-level ambition toward concrete regulatory and implementation frameworks.  Two areas in particular — online safety and artificial intelligence — offer clear examples on how Malaysia is approaching this transition, where implemented regulation goes hand in hand with infrastructure and capacity-building,

On 21 January 2026, the  Asia Tech Alliance (ATA) and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) convened a closed-door APAC roundtable in Singapore titled “ Global Internet Governance, Regional Realities .” The session was moderated by Lih Shiun Goh, Managing Director of ATA, and featured Theresa Swinehart , Senior Vice President for Global Domains & Strategy, and Samiran Gupta , Vice President for Stakeholder Engagement and APAC Managing Director, from ICA

As Asia-Pacific enters a critical phase of digital and economic transformation in 2026, technology leaders across the region are increasingly faced with one core challenge: how to scale innovation in ways that are trusted, inclusive, and sustainable.