Atsutane Dot Net

On The Star Online today ..

Bloggers using locally hosted websites may be asked to register with the authorities, Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said.

He said registration was one of the measures the Government was considering to prevent the spread of negative or malicious content on the Internet.

Shaziman said this while winding up the debate on the motion of thanks on the Royal Address for his ministry.

He added that the ministry did not have any problem with bloggers who identified themselves, and he welcomed blogging activities.

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This is ridiculous. First we need to register our prepaid (That was reasonable thing to do) and now we need to register our blog? This will violates the Government’s no-censorship policy with regards to the Internet (MSC Bill of Guarantees) and this is just going to make Malaysia look ridiculous in the eyes of the world.

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