The Government has no plan to make it mandatory for bloggers to
register, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday. He said existing laws and regulations were adequate to take action against bloggers who crossed the limits. "Existing laws are sufficient to deal with them. The laws will be
invoked when the need arises," he told reporters after opening the
Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA) campus.
Abdullah, who is also Internal Security Minister, said he did not
believe requiring bloggers to register would solve the problem of
posting baseless information in their websites. The prime minister said many people were unhappy and had voiced
their displeasure over the bloggers posting unverified information in
their websites.
"Even if they are ordered to register, some of them may not comply
and resort to using other channels through foreign servers," he said.
Comment: Yes, most of the mainstream media especially papers are run by government. Blog is the only place where people could post anything regardless their background.
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Posted: 2007-05-03 02:48:12
Name: ben
Comment: When the prime minister revealed that "the people were unhappy and had voiced their displeasure over the bloggers", I think he made a wrong comment, I think he was referring to his ministry was unhappy. Geesh always assuming the rakyat want this and wants that. Is there any facts to this, how do we know the rakyat wants this or that, is there a legitimate facts, survey or polls done.
The Government has no plan to make it mandatory for bloggers to
register, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday. He said existing laws and regulations were adequate to take action against bloggers who crossed the limits. "Existing laws are sufficient to deal with them. The laws will be
invoked when the need arises," he told reporters after opening the
Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA) campus.
