Australia’s world-first ban on social media access for under-16s isn’t just a policy headline — it’s a signal flare fired straight into the global marketing, media, and platform ecosystem. From today, more than one million Australian teens are locked out of TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube — just nine days before
Somewhere between shock value and strategy sits Bonnie Blue — a creator who understands one thing better than most brand managers: attention is currency, and outrage is often the fastest way to print it. Her latest headline — a raid, a seized “bangbus,” and police photos that look straight out
Australia wanted to protect its teens — but instead, it may have just pushed them somewhere harder to supervise. On 10 December, Australia became the first democracy to impose a national under-16 social media ban, forcing platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to restrict accounts belonging to young teenagers or
A new generation of Malaysian communicators stepped into the spotlight as Taylor’s University and the Road Safety Council of Malaysia, Majlis Keselamatan Jalan Raya Malaysia (MKJR), celebrated the winners of a student road safety communication contest recently. The National Road Safety Copywriting Creative Contest awards ceremony was framed as something
Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) has launched a campaign for DuitNow QR’s cross-border feature, positioning it as the easiest way for Malaysians to pay in Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia and Indonesia with the same banking or e-wallet apps they already use at home. The brief behind the work is blunt about the
The International Advertising Association (IAA) Malaysia and IACT College have jointly announced a landmark scholarship program aimed at reshaping Malaysia’s future talent landscape in the creative, digital, marketing, and communications sectors. The initiative will award MYR10,000 each to up to 150 students entering IACT’s 2026 diploma intake, representing a potential total investment
Frank Gehry never designed buildings. He designed arguments — and entire cities listened. Now, with his passing at 96, the global architecture and creative community find themselves doing something Gehry himself never allowed his work to do: stay still. His death marks the end of an extraordinary life, yet his
Dear Editor, I refer to the recent Instagram announcement made on 8/12/25 by Fey Ilyas, the founder of Current Media Group Sdn Bhd (CMG). Mr. Ilyas stated that the dispute regarding the alleged plagiarism of CMG’s creative ideas—without compensation or acknowledgement—by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) for
Earlier this week, police data revealed something ugly: Malaysians have been swindled out of RM2.7 billion in online scams in just eleven months. Not RM2.7 million. A whopping RM2.7 billion! That’s more than many brands’ combined annual media spend. More than some start-ups’ entire valuations. More than the yearly revenue
There’s a sharp moment in the AI conversation where fear collides with reality — and most of us are sitting exactly there. Not panicking. Not fully convinced. Just… watching. A recent Gigacalculator study, stacking global search data from January to November 2025, confirms what many marketers already sense: the world
