Malaysia may ban FACEBOOK

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-to-study-whether/1305516.html

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government will study whether it is necessary to block Facebook following a case of abuse involving the social website, said Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

He said his ministry was conducting studies to gather public views on the matter. "If the people are of the opinion that Facebook should be closed, we are prepared to look into the matter but it is a radical approach," he told reporters after closing the Cheras Wanita Umno Delegates Meeting on Saturday (Aug 9).

Also present were Cheras Umno head Datuk Seri Syed Ali Alhabshee and Cheras Wanita Umno chief Datuk Hajah Zurainah Musa.

Nonetheless, Ahmad Shabery, who is also Umno Supreme Council member, said it would be quite impossible to block the social website as there are 15 million local accounts compared to only 2,000 reports of abuse received. "Many business people are also using Facebook, others to forge family ties and have nothing to do with politics ... and the complaints received were around 2,000 only. Should we completely close it down because of 2,000 reports? We need to relook this," he said.

Commenting on the action of an individual who insulted Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah in his Facebook site, Ahmad Shabery said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was working with police to track down the individual.

It was reported that an irresponsible individual had deliberately insulted Tuanku Abdul Halim by uploading a gory accident picture with the face of the king in his Facebook site recently.

- Bernama/ec

Like that how to believe Malaysia is run by thinking people?

Force 136 said:

Like that how to believe Malaysia is run by thinking people?

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What does that say about the moron chinks and their leadership?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Websites_blocked_in_China

https://en.greatfire.org/search/wikipedia-pages

Facebook is for teenagers and adult attention seekers

If so I will fully support Najib.

LHL must follow this ban the FB CRAP.

Anyone using FB must be locked up in IMH.

It is ok. I dun use facebook.

This problem is due to the ban imposed on Dr M by facebook for making anti jewish remark. So Dr M said maybe internet should censored as he was denied freedom on it.

So what is Malaysian Tonychat doing about it??

He dare not protest?? Ball-less again?

Most people believe what ever posted in FB is idiot. I really don't understand why so many people sensitive about internet posting/blog.
Or even cyber bully/stupid blog. Those people is more stupid than HOG/pig.

Romagnum said:

Facebook is for teenagers and adult attention seekers

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you mean like LHL?

Why not they just banned the whole Internet?

They talk cock only lah. Cannot be taken seriously.

MSC Malaysia (formerly the Multimedia Super Corridor, and also known as the MSC in Malaysia) is a Special Economic Zone in Malaysia. The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) program was officially inaugurated by the 4th Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 12 February 1996. The establishment of the MSC program was crucial to accelerate the objectives of Vision 2020 and to transform Malaysia into a modern state by the year 2020, with the adoption of a knowledge-based society framework (Jeong, 2007).
Purpose[edit]
The MSC flagship applications were launched to boost the MSC Malaysia initiatives and to create a multimedia utopia (hub) for innovative producers and users of multimedia technology. Consortia comprising both the local and foreign companies (MNCs) collaborated with various government agencies, departments and ministries to enhance the socio-economic development of Malaysia in the new millennium (Information Age). The vision and mission of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) as expressed by Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the time (1981–2003), is essentially this:

“MSC is paramount to leapfrog (Malaysia) into the 21st century and to achieve Malaysia’s Vision 2020, the MSC was created to endeavour the best environment to harness the full potential of the multimedia without any artificial limits. MSC is a global test bed (hub), where the limits of the possible can be explored, and new ways of living, working, and playing in the new area of the Information Age.” (Ibrahim Ariff & Goh Chen Chuan, 2000; Jeong, 2007)

The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) is a Government-designated zone in Malaysia designed to leapfrog Malaysia into the information and knowledge age. It aims to attract companies with temporary tax breaks and facilities such as high-speed Internet access and proximity to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

MSC Malaysia covers an area of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) × 50 km (31 mi) (that is, 750 km2 (290 sq mi)) stretching from the Petronas Twin Towers to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and including the towns of Putrajaya and Cyberjaya. On 7 December 2006, Port Klang was added to the MSC.

This project was announced by former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir at the Multimedia Asia Conference on 1 August 1996. Dr Mahathir's visit to the United States of America in January 1997 to promote the MSC to companies there succeeded in attracting the interest of many large information technology companies. During the visit, an international advisory panel comprising 30 information technology experts were formed to exchange ideas toward the success of the MSC.

The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC, formerly MDC) was created to oversee development of the MSC.

Effects on press freedom[edit]
Though Malaysian law had provided for strict government controls on print media since 1984, a founding principle of MSC Malaysia was that government censorship of the Internet would not be permitted. Seeing a loophole, journalist Steven Gan and colleague Premesh Chandran decided to start an online news resource that would be free of the controls that they felt stifled print media.[1] In November 1999, the pair founded Malaysiakini, an online, independent news source that would become one of Malaysia's most popular websites.[2] The site was awarded a Free Media Pioneer award from the International Press Institute in 2001,[3] and Gan was awarded one of the 2000 CPJ International Press Freedom Awards for his work with the site.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSC_Malaysia

tonychat said:

Why not they just banned the whole Internet?

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Horse Country Citizen, Tonychat, so what are you and your family in Malaysia going to do about it?

Wait for 2018? Ball-less!!!