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3 maj 2024 · Malaysia’s media faces an uphill battle to regain the trust of the public, but creating a body to oversee ethics is an important and necessary first step. Originally published under Creative...
- Backsliding Reformists: Malaysia’s Government Revives Crackdown on ...
Under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the...
- Backsliding Reformists: Malaysia’s Government Revives Crackdown on ...
Creating a media outlet is risky business in Malaysia, particularly due to the government’s control of licences, a system it uses to impose its editorial line. Media ownership is highly concentrated, with several media moguls threatening the independence and pluralism of the entire sector.
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silence the media and suppress the freedom of the press. Up to 2020, Malaysia had shown significant continuous improvement in its press freedom environment. This was seen through advancements such as the preliminary development of a media council whereby the government at that time through the Ministry of Communication and
23 cze 2021 · After the collapse of a reformist government in February 2020, renewed political instability and a national state of emergency, ostensibly as a result of COVID-19, have reversed hopes for improvement in media freedom in Malaysia.
19 wrz 2023 · Under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the Sedition Act 1948, the government retains the legal right to ban “content deemed indecent, obscene, false, threatening, or offensive,” a...
4 maj 2023 · Malaysia leaps 40 spots in press freedom ranking. KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed and determined to revive the principles of civil society through fair and factual media reporting, says ...
3 maj 2024 · PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has dropped 34 places to 107th in the World Press Freedom Index this year. According to the World Press Freedom Index 2024 report, released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Malaysia’s score stands at 52.07.
