Well, all of a sudden and out of the blues our Information Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim wants to formulate a filter whereby its possible to block undesirable Web sites, on the grounds of maintaining racial harmony in the multicultural nation and to prevent our children from watching pornographic material through the Internet.
Today, The Government will not censor the Internet as such a move will be ineffective in a borderless world where information flows freely, said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. It would also lead to dissatisfaction among people because they have a rights to access any information on the internet and its only the matter of how ethical is the internet user.
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Now , what happens if they try to filter the Internet. They could do it in several ways. Force users to use their own dial-up client or software which automatically filters from both software and hardware side , or they could do it in hardware side – whereby they would install filters which would do their job).
Now my question is why should the government spend on taxpayers money in installing such a filter in a large scale ? Wouldn’t it be better if the money is used to upgrade infrastructures of Malaysian Internet such as providing a speedy connection and not to mention widen broadband coverage zone. If the government think that pornographic materials are indeed bad for our society. They should at least educate parents and also children the adverse effects of it.
Apart from that , I truly believe that its the parents responsibility to install filters to block pornographic web-site. Let’s face it , all modern day operating systems such as Windows Vista (and the up-coming Windows 7) and as well as MacOS X comes along with parental control. On top of that even anti-virus , firewall and internet security solution which would do the trick. Parents should starting playing their role instead of just leaving it to the government or to someone else to take care of their children’s pornographic addiction.
Today, The Government will not censor the Internet as such a move will be ineffective in a borderless world where information flows freely, said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. It would also lead to dissatisfaction among people because they have a rights to access any information on the internet and its only the matter of how ethical is the internet user.
Comment:
Now , what happens if they try to filter the Internet. They could do it in several ways. Force users to use their own dial-up client or software which automatically filters from both software and hardware side , or they could do it in hardware side – whereby they would install filters which would do their job).
Now my question is why should the government spend on taxpayers money in installing such a filter in a large scale ? Wouldn’t it be better if the money is used to upgrade infrastructures of Malaysian Internet such as providing a speedy connection and not to mention widen broadband coverage zone. If the government think that pornographic materials are indeed bad for our society. They should at least educate parents and also children the adverse effects of it.
Apart from that , I truly believe that its the parents responsibility to install filters to block pornographic web-site. Let’s face it , all modern day operating systems such as Windows Vista (and the up-coming Windows 7) and as well as MacOS X comes along with parental control. On top of that even anti-virus , firewall and internet security solution which would do the trick. Parents should starting playing their role instead of just leaving it to the government or to someone else to take care of their children’s pornographic addiction.
Lastly but not least , it contradicts MSC's Bill of Guarantee whereby there wouldn’t be any kind of Internet censorship. If you would like to read more about MSC Bill of Guarantee , I would suggest you to head up to MSC site and read all about it. Its better to learn about it .
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