The Government has to face the harsh reality that it no longer has control over media technology.
THERE is an over-reaction by both sides of the divide to the issue of blogging. The impression given by the Government is that bloggers are a threat to national security and bloggers assume that they are being hauled up one by one.
Political bloggers and opposition leaders have charged that the Government is out to intimidate these cyber commentators so that they would not bring up issues that would embarrass, even humiliate, our politicians.
The series of actions, they claimed, was another attempt to stifle dissent in Malaysia, and they alleged that it was an infringement of human and civil rights and the freedom of speech.
On the other side, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has come out charging against bloggers, declaring that "the time for talk is over, now is the time to act".
He warned that three laws could be used against offending bloggers: the Internal Security Act, the Sedition Act and Section 121b of the Penal Code (which deals with offences against the King, Ruler or Yang DiPertua Negeri and carries a maximum penalty of life in prison).
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