Rais: No plan to register bloggers
By Husna Yusop and Giam Say Khoon | The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR (June 18, 2009) : The government has no plans to list or register bloggers and they are still free to post information on the internet, Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said today.
“There are various processes of disseminating information these days. Whatever the authorities do, the websites are still free to post any information on the Internet.
“At the moment, we do not list or register bloggers operating on the Net. And, there is no plan to do that. However, to maintain harmony in society, they (bloggers) must follow the laws,” he told Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur).
Lim in his supplementary question said the plan to register bloggers, made by some quarters recently, was a backward move.
Last month, Rais was reported saying the proposal was good but required indepth study.
Lim also complained about the broadband service which he said can also be called “narrowband” or “snailband”.
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