Friday April 6, 2007
Govt not out to censor bloggers, says deputy minister
PUTRAJAYA: The Government's plan to register all bloggers using locally hosted websites is merely to collect a data rather then to censor the contents, Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said.
He said the Government's move should not be misconstrued as hindering bloggers from continuing with their activities.
"The plan to register bloggers is merely to assess the situation and keep track on how many bloggers there are in the country and on the information provided by them.
"It has nothing to do with censoring the contents in the blogs," he said, adding that the plan to register had yet to be finalised by the Government.
Shaziman also said Singapore had started registering its bloggers while Thailand, China and Middle East countries practiced censorship of its local blogs.
He was clarifying his statement made in Parliament earlier this week that the plan to register bloggers was a measure by the Government to prevent the spread of negative or malicious content on the Internet.
Shaziman was speaking to reporters after launching Putrajaya Express which is Pos Malaysia Berhad's express delivery service of documents from the Klang Valley to Putrajaya or Cyberjaya within the same day while guaranteeing a full refund of the delivery costs in the event of service failure.
Pos Malaysia Berhad managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Idrose Mohamed said one unique feature of the new product was the pick-up service from customers door to the doors of the companies and government departments in the administrative capital and Cyberjaya.
"Trends and customer needs in delivery services have evolved greatly over the years and in keeping up with business demands, PosLaju is challenged to provide customers with value-added services," he said
News Poll
- Teacher held for oral sex on Year Two girl
- Lau sought psychiatrist’s help after death of fan’s dad
- Police shoot dead leader of ‘Berong Gang’
- Australian court sentences Malaysian who posed as taxi driver
- Teoh Beng Hock exhumed for second autopsy (Update)
- Foreign woman falls to death at high-end condo
- Prime Minister comes up with plan to end crisis in MCA
- 15-year-old held for trying to kill mum with acid-laced sarong
- Indonesia seizes 75tons of explosive material from M’sia
- Fresh polls in six to eight months if new mechanism used
- Australian court sentences Malaysian who posed as taxi driver
- Teacher held for oral sex on Year Two girl
- 10 states see increase in number of dengue cases
- AirAsia launches new flights to three Indian cities
- Teoh Beng Hock exhumed for second autopsy (Update)
- Lau sought psychiatrist’s help after death of fan’s dad
- Prime Minister comes up with plan to end crisis in MCA
- Take care of yourself first
- Police shoot dead leader of ‘Berong Gang’
- Our diversity is a blessing, says PM
RSS
