Against The Internet Filter Plan

Information Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim today confirmed media reports that the government was considering imposing an Internet filter to block "undesirable" websites.

The point that given out by the minister for considering on the censoring software is extremely ridiculous! What are the specific 'undesirable' websites on your list? 18+ Adult contents or political critiques? or both?

We need to educate the children what is healthy and what is the unhealthy contents on webs. Blocking them from browsing 'pornographic and vulgar' websites is not an effective and not a correct way to keep them away. Enhanced education about the correct use of the internet, provide a proper sexual knowledge and values to the youth. Your simply stop them from touching on the issues, will make them even more curious.

Furthermore, this will not stop the social illness or abnormal personality. It's time for us to look in deep about the fall of morality and social problems by education or counseling on a healthy family plan. Without a correct concept or values when comes to the view of sexuality, by filtering the internet does not help. Curiosity can kill a cat and maybe for the next is a human , don't you read news?!

On 1st July, China gives up on 'Green Dam Youth Escort', which is an internet censorship software that blocks certain websites. They are a huge public outcry against it , the public, the computer seller and dealers from US. Everyone against to pre-implement this filtering program. Computer experts also discovered severe weaknesses in the software that would let hackers hijack the computers. Every software have their leakage, whatever software that you developed, they still can create a patch or program to crack the system.

Other than that, as a frequent internet users or a professional blogger they will know, what is the main intention that our minister insist to implement such a stupid software. As their wish, control all the media. Censor and stop broadcasting all the critiques against government. Foreigner or those who live in overseas won't know how poor is our democracy system.

There would be no political critiques and don't have any bad image in Malaysia. Whatever you see is just 'correct , correct ,correct'. We disallowed anyone who stands out for fight with justice or to fight for a fair system. No matter how serious the corruption or brutality is.

Whatever they know or the people know are all well done and perfect performance by the government. Is this the healthy balance phenomenon in a developing country? Accept all the praise, lack of criticism. All Malaysian read such a CACAT newspaper like UTUSAN and bring 1Malaysia to become katak di bawah perigi. People continue to have scanty knowledge. They have no right to know.

To the government ,the more you pressure and barred, lead to more offensive to BN. That is why people angry with. Not against anyone. Is to the CACAT System which bring us 100 steps backward on the road for democracy.

To bloggers, if we consider on this Internet Filter, we live with nothing, we only live with a weak civic awareness like in ancient times.