Mozilla in Asia

Colin Charles, LiewCF and Bernice Low of CNetAsia are all reporting that the Malaysian government is blocking Malaysia-today.net, which is currently accessible at http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com/2008/

Why is TM Net blocking access to Malaysia-Today? Answer: On MCMC orders.

3 Ways to Access Blocked “Malaysia Today”

Malaysia Today Mirror

ISPs ordered to cut access to Malaysia Today website
Practically speaking, censoring a website only brings attention to it, and if the content is available via other urls, then the censorship is next to worthless.
This does, however, bring a sober reminder that Malaysia may claim to provide a censorship-free Internet, in fact they do not.

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