Malaysian rights activists have welcomed the government’s decision not to implement a controversial plan to create an Internet filter blocking “undesirable” websites. The proposal had been described as a “horror of horrors” by the opposition which said it would destroy the relative freedom of the Internet in Malaysia, where the mainstream press is tightly controlled. Read more here
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Malaysia in web censorship U-turn
Malaysian rights activists have welcomed the government’s decision not to implement a controversial plan to create an Internet filter blocking “undesirable” websites. The proposal had been described as a “horror of horrors” by the opposition which said it would destroy the relative freedom of the Internet in Malaysia, where the mainstream press is tightly controlled. […]
13 Aug 09
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