Malaysia To Have Internet Filter

So this coming from Reuters and i've also read from The Star that our loving nation is planning for an internet censorship. So what this is gonna do? Most sites, starting with explicit ones and going on to the radical fellow comrades' site are potentially to be blocked.

Why is this i might say, is because due to the heavy control of media, we the people of 1Malaysia has opted for the internet to acquire the 'real' truths of the governing and also opposing parties, black secrets that are too bitter, wide spread rallies that reached the world media all thanks in a way to THE INTERNET.

So if this is going to fall through, we are potentially becoming the next china in internet security and exorcism is probably to happen like in North Korea.

Following are the excerpts from Reuters:

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Malaysia is considering setting up an Internet filter, similar to China's delayed "Green Dam" project, in a move the opposition said would stifle dissent and industry officials warned would hit investment.

News of the proposal emerged within days of police arresting nearly 600 opposition supporters at a weekend rally denouncing the government that has ruled for 51 years.

A vibrant Internet culture has contributed to political challenges facing the government, which tightly controls mainstream media and has used sedition laws and imprisonment without trial to prosecute a leading blogger.

"They (the government) are looking to tweak the technical and legal details of implementing this Internet filter, setting the stage for its implementation late this year or next year," the source, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.

No one from the government, which aims to double household broadband penetration to 50 percent by the end of next year, was available for comment.

"Submissions are to be handed in by July or August. About four groups have tendered for this project," said the source who had direct knowledge of the tender.