The Blogospheric Explosion is upon us.
And some donkeys know not it's a borderless world.
Terrestrial. Cyber.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please grow up.
Please get out form that Katak dibawah tempurong mentality.
Embrace and Engage.
Yes, pay RM30 for May 19 Do at the Lake View Club and learn somethin' from some more informed parties.
You can contribute your 3sen worth too, like Desi:)
If you arse Desi what's awe about, how about LOOKING TO TOP OF THIS PAGE,
you webbog ignoramus ... okay, pay RM30 to sign up-lah, I'm stop my rant hear!
As Chair of Org Com, I promise thee an exciting FUN evening, with confirmed HI-profile speakers to prick thy mind, and you pick theirs. Jest be dare sharp at 6.00pm or you may have to sit on the floor. Okay, carpeted then.
After working thy grains, we replenish thy wickedly tired bodies with KampongKu Buffet Dinner. An thanks to the supportive Lake View Club boss, he's generously thrown in TWO ROAST LAMBS gratis. And we may have some pleasant surprises for thee, like unmasking some Bloggers' Personae behind those femes names. Do you know that Dr Say's actually not a Mimi as Desi has awe along suspected, and that Desi's knot a socialist as this blardy writHer has long promo-ed?
Come one, come all to the gala Bloggers United Malaysia 2007 Gathering of the year. For detaels how to get dare, surf to
bum2007.wordpress.com.
Okay after the commercial break, back to the Blogospehre much in the nu'es these days.
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Most important of all, all progressive Malaysians must learn to change with changing times.
As all my wise Esteemed Readers know by heart, the two constants in Life are Death and Change.
If we do not adapt to the fast changing environments in Science and Technology, impacting all media and our daily lives. we will never get to Developed Nation status come 2020. Maybe in 2057, and we can't wait that long, can we?
You don't even want to start "regulating" blogosphere, Minister of Information or other related Ministries.
You can't even maintain up-to-date Goivernment department websites, you want to start to patrol the "infinite" world that is the exploding Fifth Estate? Dear Minister, concentrate on making more RM... running Soup Operas in line with Ministry of Propaganda-ganda Wang Anda.
No wonder former Prime Minister has described the present Cabinet as half-past-six. Ministers like Tengku Adnan, Shaziman, Zainuddin and Fu AK et al, etc, ad nauseum just go on to provide grounds of justification for Dr Mahathir's assessment.
BUt there is HOPE yet. The right authority tasked with oversighting this key and fast expanding area of activity -- including the Blogosphere now under much officialdom notice -- still makes common sense obsevations and public updates. Thanks in now small byte to the premierish still Tun who has the wisdom to pledge there will be NO CENSORSHIP of the www. Thanks a million, and I mean it, though Desi's been known to be quite a critic of the semi-retired doctor. "Semi-" because a politician, like a writHer, like s soldier -- he never retires, he only fades away.
From The NST April 16, 2007, TECH and U section, page C4 (No, sloone, knot that C4!)
My ER, You better ENJOY this as I'm typing it out in LONG (living partially down my name!:( HAND that You lazy bummers, also some Stingy Pokers, want to save RM1.20, mumbling about da sien nasty paper, what's that all about? ~~~~~~~
Rise in blog content complaints
THERE were several concerns on content published in the local
newspapers as well as those raised in the Parlaiment last year. Most of
the concerns were related to Internet content, particularly the increasingly
popular blogs.
The complaints against blogs are mainly related to to seditious,
or defamatory content, some of which are offences under other legislation.
For last year, the number of complaints related to Internet
content rose to 26. The majority of the complaints (59 per cent) were
about offensive content, mainly those against the sensitivities of the
Islamic religion, while some were regarding racist content.
Offences under sectoiosn 211 and 233 relatre to content that is
indecent, obscene, false and menacing with intent to annoy, abuse, harass
or threaten another person.
In realtion to this, over 95 per cent of the complaints were against
foreign Web sites. As such, the Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was unable to identify the person(s)
responsible for the content nor proceed further with such cases.
Section 3(3) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
states that "nothing in the Act shall be deemed as permitting censorship
of the Internet". In this regard, the MCMC does not have the power to direct Web sites to be blocked.
Furthermore, blocking Web sites is not available as a remedy or
punishment under the Communications and Multimedia Act.
Any suspected breaches must be investigated under the relevant
Act and with the recommendation of the attorney-general(s); office
or by court decision, sanctions or punishment as provided by the
relevant Act, which may be a fine and/or imprisonment.
It is also noted that the Communications and Multimedi Act
is not the sole law that deals with Internet content. Content
on the Internet may also be in breach of other laws such as the
Sedition Act, Official Secrets Act, Internal Security Act
and Penal Code. In such cases, upon report being made, the police
will carry out the investigations under the relevant statutes.
Source: MCMC Industry Peformance Report 2006
DESIDERATA:
It is most assuring to read this observation:
"Section 3(3) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
states that "nothing in the Act shall be deemed as permitting censorship
of the Internet". In this regard, the MCMC does not have the power to direct Web sites to be blocked."
However, Malaysian Bloggers must constantly bear in mind about the following:
"Content on the Internet may also be in breach of other laws such as the
Sedition Act, Official Secrets Act, Internal Security Act
and Penal Code."
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