Malaysia
The Malaysian government ’ s 1998
pledge not to censor the Internet rings
hollow a decade later. Since an unprecedented loss of voter confi dence in
the 2008 Malaysian general elections
that was partly attributable to online
dissent, the Malaysian government is
now attuned to the political costs of a
relatively uncensored Internet. It has
since employed all means of control
short of an outright technical fi lter of
the Internet against cyber dissidents.
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
Filtering
No Evidence
of Filtering
Suspected
Filtering
Selective
Filtering
Substantial
Filtering
Pervasive
Filtering
Political
•
Social
•
Confl ict and security
•
Internet tools
•
OTHER FACTORS
Low
Medium
High
Not Applicable
Transparency
•
Consistency
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