Malaysia’s internet freedom has worsened in a Freedom House study of 47 countries in the latest Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media. In the report released on 24 Sept, 2012, Malaysia was identified as one of the countries at risk of further decline due to new restrictive laws such as recent amendments to the Evidence Act, and the prevalence of acts such as cyber attacks on prominent news websites and Opposition-linked sites, and the arrest of bloggers.

Malaysian civil society’s latest effort in campaigning against the newly introduced Section 114A to the Evidence Act 1950 — Internet Blackout Day – is gaining momentum and has received more endorsements from prominent websites, Netizens and politicians.

Debat a la Doha (dalam Bahasa Inggeris) anjuran Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda Majlis Peguam Negara di bawah rancangan Siri Pemikiran Kritis, bersama Pusat Kewartawanan Bebas (Centre for Independence Journalism) dan Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) announced Malaysian civil society’s latest effort in campaigning against the newly introduced Section 114A to the Evidence Act 1950: an Internet Blackout Day

For immediate release 26 June 2012 Petition to stop controversial amendment handed to deputy minister KUALA LUMPUR – The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) today handed a petition against recent amendments to the Evidence Act 1950 to deputy law minister facto law minister Datuk VK Liew in parliament. 

The petition collected more than 3300 signatures [...]

Cyberattacks, politically motivated censorship, and government control over internet infrastructure are among the diverse and growing threats to internet freedom, according to Freedom on the Net 2011: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media,a new study released today by Freedom House.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) Malaysia welcomes the withdrawal of the case against blogger “Hassan Skodeng”, whose real name is Irwan Abdul Rahman, over a satirical post he made almost a year ago. While CIJ is pleased that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has dropped the case, it notes that there were no grounds for prosecution to begin with, which raises questions as to why the case was allowed to come this far.

Reject Internet censorship; repeal the PPPA and Sedition Act
拒绝网络审查；废除《印刷与出版法令》及《煽动法令》