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Malaysia jumps on the Internet censorship and filtering bandwagon Government of Malaysia plans to filter the net

#1 User is offline   Mandrunk 

Posted 09 August 2009 - 02:06 PM

From the Straits Times...

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA denied on Friday that a proposed Internet filter would be used to police blogs and websites, saying it would be used only to block pornography.

The denial comes after news that the Southeast Asian country was considering setting up an Internet filter similar to China's 'Green Dam' software, a move the opposition said was aimed at suppressing political dissent...

Full story: http://www.straitsti...ory_413789.html


Naturally, I don't agree with the rationale of net censorship. By far, most of the worlds bandwidth is being used for illegal torrent downloads and porn. You might as well try to switch off the Sun.
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