Summary: Shad Saleem Faruqi, a Malaysia Law Professor serving
at Universiti Malaya explains and emphasizes that bloggers can never overrule
the law and will be taken action on if found guilty. Remaining anonymous is not
an escape plan of how they perceived to be however thanks to the technology
advancement the government has invested in, tracking and monitoring are now
faster to identify the sender. On the contrary, some bloggers disclose themselves
to their viewers and public. The writer further talks about The Communication
and Multimedia Act 1998 stating that any content that is published through any
electronic medium has been found to disrespect any other law concerning, will
be have to face the consequences. The law does not fully guarantee that the publications
of content in the Internet are not possibly refrained from pre-publication but
one should remain responsible for their execution of misconduct. The law allows
the victim of defamation in the context of cyberspace to apply to the court for
injunction and fail to comply by blogger shall face heavy charges. Section
211(1) tells us that no content or the person using the content application
provided by a service provider shall circulate statements that could cause
uneasiness and disturbance to the reader or victim. The Complaint Bureau which
implemented the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Content Code stresses
that two options are given to the service provider if indecent, offensive,
degrading material are found. One is to remove access of the content
application service provider and the other is to remove the content displayed for
which the complaint has been received from. The writer finally states one can
challenge such instances by exercising their rights or maybe sit back and watch
if it’s too burdensome. The ball is in your court.
Review: the writer
spoke about how bloggers shall not be excused from law order despite being
anonymous and working behind the keyboards and screen monitor. The law spares
no one and clear explanation has been given on the Section that is involved. A
new term used in this article is pre-publication which means a censorship has
been executed on a particular matter by the government, institution or those in
strict governance to prevent from immediate release. This article could relate
closely to PRKs issue in insulting the Commisioner Amar Singh’s turban of being
a visible blogger to the public and certainly being inconsiderate with his
statements causing outrage and racial hatred. The law played its role well in
ensuring the necessary has been done to prevent similar actions in the future.
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