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Comment: Mahathir’s limited democracy vs Sibal’s pre-screening content

By Tue, Dec 06, 2011 10:58PM UTC View Comments Kapil Sibal. Pic: AP.

What is common to Malaysia’s longest serving Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammed and Kapil Sibal, India’s Communications and Information Technology minister? Simply put – both share a liking for smothering views that are not palatable. Let us break down issues for which the two are ‘trending’. India is slowing down, says Mahathir, because it is...

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Internet censorship in Asia

By Fri, Sep 16, 2011 12:30PM UTC View Comments Internet censorship in Asia

Reuters has a write-up looking at how Asian nations are realising that they cannot control the internet (here). The article mentions a few obvious characters like China and Singapore with Malaysia, India and South Korea all mentioned too. There is no coverage of Thailand – where use of lese majeste laws is regressing, according to...

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