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Proposed Rules Would Require Gov't Registration For Malaysian Press Sites
Malaysia's Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak has proposed mandatory government registration for web sites operating within Malaysia. This comes after the Malaysian government blocked the online Sarawak Report, and suspended a newspaper called the The Edge "for allegedly posting unverified information."
Officials accused these news outlets of publishing inaccurate documents about a corruption scandal that linked the Prime Minister to 1MDB, a state-managed investment firm that reportedly lost billions of taxpayers’ money. ... The proposal to require news websites to register is seen by some as part of the government’s response to the rising outrage over the corruption issue.
Apparently if the government is criminal it tries to protect criminals instead of trying to prosecute them. Pretty much like in the US where Snowden revealed how much of the government are criminals, but instead of prosecuting those people they are allowed to attack Snowden, hoping people will ignore the actual crimes.
Thank you, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden and so many others, for courageously defending humanity, my freedom and more!
Such a mandatory registration would not pass the first amendment, and even if the courts were cowed into accepting it, the government would have to face a public that is armed to the teeth compared to what Malaysia faces. The US is one of the worst societies in human history for its political class to say "let's see how far we can push the public."
The reason why the Snowden thing worked for them is that Snowden went too far. He revealed a lot of information about how we deal with foreign targets, which a majority consider fair game. Had he stuck to the domestic programs, he'd have been hailed a hero by a majority.
It's only "unverified information" until approved by whatever political party is in power. Duh!
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