In a very disappointing move late last month, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission(SKMM) has directed the ISPs to block a number of file sharing sites. While the move is silly and will not take these websites offline, millions of Internet users in Malaysia won’t be able to access these site(Megaupload, Filestube, Megavideo, Depositfiles, ) directly despite the promise by the Malaysian Government that it will not censor the Internet. During the past year, SKMM have been working very hard to block websites with adult content and phishing site that steal user’s information. That’s a good thing.
But blocking these file sharing sites are probably a foolish move because not all contents on this site are illegal. There are still a number of documents, legal softwares, videos and mp3 hosted on these websites.
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