Malaysian ISPs have now shown their ability to block specific parts of a website without blocking the site as a whole. Get ready for a properly-trimmed garden instead of a forest if you choose to vote for Barisan Nasional after reading these two reports of tampering with our connection to the Internet. The Internet can now …
My favourite local comedian seems to have gotten himself into a spot of bother for translating a book last year. I was of in the woods at the time so I didn’t know about the government’s ban on Irshad Manji’s Allah, Liberty and Love. Here’s his response. All I have to say is, if you …
Rais Yatim claims there is no ban on programmes which have effeminate men or LGBT characters as reported yesterday. Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim today said that no ban existed on the portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) characters on state-owned television channels. “There is no ban …
In what can only be described as pure evil, the Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia or the Department of Information Malaysia just published the following statement on their Facebook page. Berkuatkuasa serta merta, stesen radio dan televisyen diminta menghentikan rancangan yang menyiarkan watak pondan, lelaki lembut serta watak yang bercanggah dengan norma masyarakat beragama kerana dikatakan menyokong …
The Malaysian government has inexplicably banned the entry of the Singapore Dance Troupe due to “indecent” attire. A Singaporean dance troupe has been denied a permit to perform here this weekend owing to their “indecent” costumes, a Malaysian dance organisation said today. MyDance Alliance president Bilqis Hijjas said the decision by Puspal against the Singapore Dance …
Now that my own campaign is out of the way, time to look to Russia, where “Conservative lawmakers in Saint Petersburg just passed the notorious “propaganda” law to silence any reading, writing, speech or debate on anything “gay.”” Apparently, the Russians intend to invest USD 11 billion in tourism. So what better way to ensure that …
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