PUTRAJAYA, September 8, 2009: The Government’s efforts to enhance legal provisions and policies to deal with illegal and immoral activities on the Internet will not lead to the removal of provisions under laws ensuring there will be no censorship of the Web.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Internet had given rise to cyber-threats which were a real concern to the nation due to the illegal and immoral activities in cyberspace and the Government was forced to look at ways to curb such activities.
“Nevertheless, as we know freedom of speech is not absolute, it must come with responsibility, (because) what is illegal and immoral should be the same for both the online and offline environment,” he told reporters after chairing the National IT Council (NITC) meeting at the Prime Minister’s office here yesterday.
He said it was hoped that a recently completed study would help to enhance legal provisions and policies to deal with such activities and effectively address the challenges they posed such as anonymity, cross border jurisdictions, evidence gathering and clarity of law.
He said the Bill of guarantees and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 provide for no censorship of the Internet and this would be maintained.
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