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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Pic: AP.

Election 2013: Testing times for Malaysia’s old media

By Rob O'Brien Thu, Apr 04, 2013 5:16PM UTC 0 Comment

Intended or otherwise, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s labelling of election 2013 as the “social media election” may have been acknowledging what is blindingly obvious to Malaysian voters: that the influence of its traditional media has somewhat diminished. As with other countries who have headed to the polls in recent years social media has usurped print...

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Malaysia’s Internet conundrum

By Asia Sentinel Mon, Nov 19, 2012 5:51PM UTC 0 Comment

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Pic: AP.

Authorities would like to shut opposition sites, but former PM promised it would stay free, reports Asia Sentinel In August of 1996, when he launched the 50 km-long Multimedia Super Corridor between Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia’s new international airport in an attempt to lure high-tech startups to his country, then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad made a...

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Malaysia’s anti-opposition bloggers

By Asia Sentinel Thu, Feb 09, 2012 12:17PM UTC 0 Comment

Does Kuala Lumpur have a home-grown version of China’s ’50-centers?’, asks Asia Sentinel Is Malaysia getting its own version of China’s so-called 50-centers, the legions of Chinese bloggers who monitor websites and reply to criticism of the government for money? Ahiruddin Attan, the Kuala Lumpur-based pro-government blogger who writes under the name “Rocky’s Bru” says...

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Malaysia defamation case: 100 apologies on Twitter

By AP News Thu, Jun 02, 2011 6:12PM UTC 5 Comments

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian social activist will apologize 100 times on Twitter in an unusual settlement with a magazine publisher in a defamation case, his lawyer said Thursday. The penalty has sparked debate among Internet users about the pitfalls of social media in Malaysia, where authorities have repeatedly warned people to be...

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