Kennysia has his first online protest over his blog today, and after I follow the link he provided to the RSF - I decided to join the protest too. Based on RSF, there is 61 people worldwide arrested for their activities on the Internet. Earlier in Malaysia, the Prime Minister warn bloggers to watch their words. Those who spread untruths and slander on the Internet will face the law. Fortunately, I didn’t heard about any Malaysian being arrested for this. I don’t hope to see Malaysia to be listed as one of the internet black holes.
Hereby, I hope everyone of you can help either by voting against black holes in the Web or if you have a microphone — record a voice message for Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo! at this page. I believe that the internet is free for all, and no one should draw a border on it. Quote from RSF below:
The Internet is increasingly falling prey to censorship round the world. The 13 “Enemies of the Internet” are blocking access to news which displeases them and imprisoning bloggers who express themselves too freely. Join the campaign now to defend the right of all of us to freedom of expression.
Steps I took:
- Spread the word
- Vote against black holes in the Web
- Boycott as many Yahoo! services as possible
Act now to free the internet!
Links:
RSF Againts Internet Censorship Main Page
Vote Against Black Holes - RSF
Malaysia “Bloggers Beware” News
November 11th, 2006 at 10:43 am
COMMUNISTS SUCK. Being Vietnamese, I know that the Vietnamese government has a wholte load of “Internet police” of its own with very high pay, that go around and track down the people dissing them.
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