A '114A' banner that appeared on sites protesting the change in Malaysian law.
(Credit: Malaysian Centre for Independent Journalism)
Many high-profile Web sites in Malaysia are blacked out as part of a one-day protest against changes to a law that they say would restrict online freedom of speech.
Many home pages have been replaced with banners protesting the new amendment, dubbed "114A," to the Malaysian Evidence Act.
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Revised in April, the Evidence Act 1950 was updated to include Section 114A, the "presumption of fact in publication," which critics claim would mean Web site administrators, Web hosting providers, Internet providers, and those who own a computer or mobile device "on which [content] was posted" would be held accountable for any "illicit" material -- such as defamatory, seditious, ... [Read more]
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