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Malaysia, Philippines antitrust regulators hold back on ex-ante digital rules

By James Konstantin Galvez ( March 26, 2026, 05:47 GMT | Insight) -- Top Malaysian and Philippine competition officials signaled caution about adopting ex-ante digital market rules, citing limited capacity, fragmented regulation and uncertainty around technologies such as artificial intelligence. Malaysian antitrust chief CEO Iskandar Ismail and Philippine competition chairman Michael Aguinaldo both pointed to the complexity of large platforms, resource constraints and unclear risks as reasons to avoid premature regulation that could harm innovation.Top antitrust officials from Malaysia and the Philippines have signaled caution about introducing ex-ante rules for digital markets, pointing to capacity constraints, legal fragmentation and uncertainty over rapidly evolving technologies such as artificial intelligence....

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